Introductory material
Reading edition · Edition 2
A third letter from the duke—The king receives extreme unction—Letter from madame Victoire to the dauphin—M. de Machault—A promenade with the duc de Cossé—Kind attention from the prince des Deux Pouts—A fourth letter from the duc d’Aiguillon—Comte Jean bids me farewell—M. d’Aiguillon’s fifth letter, containing an account of the death of Louis XV—The duc de la Vrillière—The Lettre de cachet—Letter to the queen—Departure for the abbey of Pont aux Dames