Note 104 — LETTERS TO MADAME DE GRIGNAN[11] FROM 1671 TO 1690. (continued 2)

The Duke of Saint-Simon relates a still more extraordinary robbery that took place at Versailles. In one night all the gold ornaments and fringes were stolen from the state apartment, from the gallery to the chapel. Whatever inquiries were made, no trace could be found of the robber. But five or six days after, the king being at supper, an enormous packet fell suddenly upon the table at some distance from him; it contained the stolen fringes, with a note fastened to it with these words, “Bontems, take thy fringes again, the pleasure pays not half the pain.” Saint-Simon was a witness of this.