Note 170 — LETTERS TO MADAME DE GRIGNAN[11] FROM 1671 TO 1690. (continued 4)
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To render this picture complete, it is necessary to cite another stroke related by Voltaire. “La Reynie, one of the presidents of this chamber, was so ill-advised as to ask the Duchess de Bouillon if she had seen the devil. She replied that she saw him at that moment; that he was very ugly, and very dirty, and was disguised as a counselor of state. The questioner proceeded no further.”