Pompadour, Marquise de, 1, 6; her character, 116, 117; her birth and early life, 117; her accomplishments, 117; her marriage, 118; President Hénault’s words concerning, 118; plans to capture the fancy of Louis XV., 119; appears as Diana at the Hôtel de Ville ball, 119, 120; her children, 120; makes her way into Versailles, 120, 121; concealed by Louis XV., 121; withdraws to her chateau at Étioles, 122; receives title of Marquise, 124; her presentation, 125; treatment of her by the court, 127; her attitude toward the Queen, 127–129; her theatre of the little Cabinets, 132 _et seq._; her fear of losing the interest of the King, 133; her successes as an actress, 132, 134, 139, 140, 142, 145; wants to play comedy at Versailles, 135; draws up regulations for players at her theatre, 137, 138; plays and sings, 139; in the ballet of _Almases_, 140; her last performance, 146; Rousseau’s letter to, 146; her power, pomp, and opulence, 147 _et seq._; her sepulchre, 149; her beauty, 149, 150; what she cost France, 150; her dwellings and apartments, 150–152; verses to, by Voltaire, 122–124, 145, 152–154; her griefs and sadness, 156 _et seq._; threatened with death, 157; insulted by Madame de Coaslin, 157; her lack of confidence in the King, 156, 158; like Scheherezade, 158; her desire to marry her daughter Alexandrine, 160–162; death of her daughter Alexandrine, 160; verses at death of her mother, 160; Sainte-Beuve’s words concerning, 161; Paris implacable towards, 162; verses abusing her, 163–166; suffers under public abuse, 167; ready to do anything to hold her place, 168; makes a show of devotion, 168–170, 173; has a statue made of herself, 170; is attacked by fever, 170; her feeling of insecurity, 170, 171; endeavors to obtain absolution from the Jesuits, 173, 174; refused absolution by Père de Sarcy, 174, 175; solicits a place as lady of the Queen’s palace, 175; declares her willingness to be reconciled to her husband, 175, 176; receives communion, 177; becomes a lady of the palace, 177, 178; her conduct when Louis XV. was wounded by Damiens, 182, 183; attitude of the three principal ministers towards, 183; interview of M. de Machault with, 184, 185; meets the King and resumes her domination, 186–189; her grudge against the Jesuits, 189; her note to the Pope censuring the Jesuits, 189–192; her methods in politics, 193, 194; held responsible for the Seven Years’ War, 201; her interest in porcelains, 202; her attitude toward the Austrian alliance, 205 _et seq._; her obstinacy, 209, 211; the object of public vindictiveness, 213;