did the same with his own daughters: he had amongst them a ,
a , a , and they were the ladies Victoire,
Adelaide, and Sophie, whom he thus elegantly designated. I so
soon saw the taste of the king for nicknames that I gave him
one, it was Lafrance. So far from being angry with me, he laughed
to tears every time that I called him so. I must confess, passant>, that the anecdote about the coffee is true.* I will only
justify myself by saying, that if I expressed myself coarsely it
was not in consequence of my vulgar education, but because the
king liked such modes of expression.

*Louis XV had a habit of making his own coffee after
dinner. One day the coffee boiled over the sides of the
pot, and madame du Barry cried out, " Eh, Lafrance,
ton cafe f --- le camp." (author)

Let me revert to my marriage, which was performed secretly at the
parish of Saint Laurent. I believe the king knew of it, altho' he
never alluded to it any more than myself. Thus the malice of my
enemies was completely balked in this affair. Some days afterwards
comte Jean received a letter from the attorney-general of the
parliament of Toulouse, M. the marquis de Bonrepos-Riquet. This
gentleman informed my brother-in-law that he had been applied to,
to institute an inquiry at all the notaries, and amongst all the
registers of the parishes for the proof of my marriage; that he
warned us to be on our guard, and that whatever diligence he
might be desired to employ, he should do nothing without informing
us. We felt the obligation of this proceeding, and my brother-in-law
thanked the attorney-general in my name as well as in his own. He
told him that it was not at Toulouse that the parties interested