Note 85 — XI. 1784. PRETENDED MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE CARDINAL AND THE QUEEN.—A FORGER ON THE PREMISES.—BILLETS-DOUX BORDERED WITH “VIGNETTES BLEUES.”
Reading edition
“Confrontation du Cardinal avec le Père Loth.” The latter described the paper on which Villette wrote as being bordered with “vignettes bleues,” and in M. Feuillet de Conches’ unique collection of autographs of Marie-Antoinette are several notes written by the queen on paper with coloured borders.