Note 140 — Chapter XV · THE GRAND MONARQUE—VERSAILLES AND PARIS
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When the Duke of Orleans was about to start for Spain, the king asked whom he had chosen to accompany him. Orleans mentioned, among others, Fontpertius. “What, nephew!” exclaimed Louis, “a Jansenist!” “So far from being a Jansenist,” replied Orleans, “he doesn’t even believe in God.” “Oh, if that is so,” said the king, “I see no reason why he should not go.”