The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
THE SUN, SUNDAY, MARCH 2e, 1899.

to pieces. IL he wanted anything out OF them
ready to begin again as soon as he bad got what
he wanted; neither word nor honor In any
thing whatever. 70 that he even told u thousand
tales Of himself. and gloried In his turpitude
in fact. he has left IL to p%ostcrity in certain
memoirs OF his life, now in the hands OF every
body. which his greatest enemies would never
have dared to publish. > q q To sum up all.
everything was permitted to him. and he per-
mittcd himself everything. He grew old on
that footing" When he fell III. q year before
his death. his wife spoke to him 81 God. We
are told that the entire forgetfulness Of re-
ligion in which he had lived all his life caused
him to express the strangest surprise at the
mysteries revealed to him. Countess he
cried, are you telling me the truth p Then.
hearing her say the Lords Prayer. .he said.
Countess. that IL a very fine prayer. Who
made it,"
Being a friend of the Regent Orleans. it was
not to be expected that Saint-Simon would
write sympathetically Of Nine. de Maintenon.
who had openly accused the former OF poison
ing the Duke and Duchess Of Bourgogne. He
says that after the death of her first husband,
S%carron. she took a chamber for herself and
a servant in an attic. where she lived very
poorly. Little nv little her charms relieved her
indiKence. Nillars. father OF the Marechal.
Beuvron. father OF Harcourt. the three Nillar-
ttduA anu many bluDTs. hfIt HtT' lniS u'dteN
her once more. and little by little introduced
her to the hotel d'Albret and elsewhere. In
such houses Nine. Scarrou was not on the foot
ing of q guest. She was there to make herself
useful, to call for fuel, to ser II dinner we're
ready and to see IL the carriage OF
this one or that ono were in waiting. in short.
10 do the thousand little errands which the use
OF bells. introduced long after. has now super
seeded y VI. and Nine. de Montespan
were subsequently at the hotel d'Albret. where
the Marechal kept a grand and hospitable es-
Enlistment. to which the most distinguished
and choicest company of the court and the
city rcsorted. Tho Expenditures. anxiety to
please. and the wit and charm Of Nine. Scarron
succeeded in making her agreeable to Nine.
de Montespan. who took a liking to her. and
when she had her first chillren by the King,
whom Mt first they concealed. she proposed
TO the King to conflde them to Nine. Scarron.
This was done. and a house in the
Marais was given to her In which to
keep them. with means to bring them
up properly. but In the utmost secrecy.
In the end these children were taken to the
palace. showed to the King. and soon after
openly acknowledged. Their governess. now
settled with her charges at court. became more
and more pleasing to Nine. de Montespan, who
persuaded the King to make her presents on
various occasions. He. on the contrary. could
not endure her. and what he gave her. which
was little enough. he gave to please Nine. de
Mnntespan. and with n reluctance he could not
conceal The estate Of Maintenon. near YER
saillcs. being for sale. Nine. de Montespan left
the Kins no peace till she got enough out OF
him to buy IL for Nine. Scarron. The last and
successful scene OF importantly was witnessed
hy Saint-Simon's father-in-law. the Mar6chal
de Lorgcs. 1t il thus recounted in these
memoirs At first tho King turned a deaf
ear. then he refused. Finally. provoked
that Nine. dc Montespan would not give
up the point. but still insisted. he was angry.
and told her that he had done too much al
ready for that creature. that he could not IN
d"rstand Nine. de Montespan's fancy for her
nor her obstinacy in keeping her after he had
asked her 30 many times TO send her away.
He added that she was intolerable to him. but.
provided no was never asked again. he would
give once more. though he had already done
toe. much for a creature Of that species. Mare
chal de Lorges never forgot those words. and
always repeated them to me and TO others in
precisely the same order" II is we'll known
that. admitted little by little into the secret
relations Of the royal lover and his mistress.
the astute governess cultivated her oppor-
tunity. and did 1t so well that she presently
supplant"d her protectress, who perceived too
late that the comranion had made herself nee
essary to the King.