Interest in his Grandsons.--'I must go and Rehearse my
Funeral.'--Chesterfield's Will.--What is a Friend?--Les
Manières Nobles.--Letters to his Son. p. 210


THE ABBE SCARRON.

An Eastern Allegory.--Who comes Here?--A Mad Freak and its
Consequences.--Making an Abbé of him.--The May-Fair of
Paris.--Scarron's Lament to Pellisson.--The Office of the
Queen's Patient.--'Give me a Simple Benefice.'--Scarron's
Description of Himself.--Improvidence and Servility.--The
Society at Scarron's.--The Witty Conversation.--Francoise
D'Aubigné's Début.--The Sad Story of La Belle
Indienne.--Matrimonial Considerations.--'Scarron's Wife will
live for ever.'--Petits Soupers.--Scarron's last Moments.--A
Lesson for Gay and Grave. p. 235


FRANCOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT AND THE DUC DE SAINT-SIMON.

Rank and Good Breeding.--The Hôtel de Rochefoucault.--Racine and
his Plays.--La Rochefoucault's Wit and Sensibility.--Saint-Simon's
Youth.--Looking out for a Wife.--Saint-Simon's Court Life.--The
History of Louise de la Vallière.--A mean Act of Louis
Quatorze.--All has passed away.--Saint-Simon's Memoirs of His
Own Time. p. 253