Note 102 — LETTERS TO MADAME DE GRIGNAN[11] FROM 1671 TO 1690. (continued 2)
Reading edition
The Dew, the Torrent, the Fire, and the Snow, etc., are ciphers between the mother and daughter. These ciphers do not always mean the same persons. In this place, it seems that Madame de Montespan is the Torrent, Madame de Vallière the Dew, the king is the Fire, and the Snow represents the queen.