'Goring to come here immediately, he to know nothing but that I am
just arrived. I am not to go to Paris, but at the end of the month,
as sooner no answer can be had, moreover perhaps obliged to wait
another, which would oblige me to remain to long in P.' He also
(June 3) wrote to Montesquieu, from whom (I think) there is an
unsigned friendly letter. He sent compliments to the Duchesse
d'Aiguillon, a lady much attached to Montesquieu. An unsigned
English letter (June 5) advised him to appear publicly. People are
coming to inquire into reports about his character, 'after which it
is possible some proposals may be made to you.' The writer will say
more when 'in a safer place.'

Newton (Kennedy), meanwhile, had been imprisoned and examined in
London, but had been released, and was at Paris. He bought for the
Prince 'a fine case of double barrill pistols, made by Barber,' and
much admired 'on this side.' Charles expresses gratitude for the
gift. Newton had been examined by the Duke of Newcastle about the
40,000 louis d'or buried at Loch Arkaig in 1740, but had given no
information. On June 26 Charles again asks Bulkeley, 'What CAN a
bird do that has found no right nest?'

On June 30 the Prince was probably in Paris, whither we have seen
that he meant to go. He had 'found a right nest,' and a very curious
nest he had found. The secret of the Prince's retreat became known,
many years later, to Grimm, the Paris correspondent of Catherine the
Great. Charles's biographers have overlooked or distrusted Grimm's
gossip, but it is confirmed by Charles's accidentally writing two
real names, in place of pseudonyms, in his correspondence. The
history of his 'nest' was this. After her reign as favourite of
Louis XIV., Madame de Montespan founded a convent of St. Joseph, in