CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Death and Last Days of Madame de Montespan .-- Selfishness of the King .-- Death and Character of Madame de Nemours .-- Neufchatel and Prussia .-- Campaign of Villars .-- Naval Successes .-- Inundations of the Loire .-- Siege of Toulon .-- A Quarrel about News .-- Quixotic Despatches of Tesse.
VOLUME 6.
CHAPTER XXXIX Precedence at the Communion Table .-- The King Offended with Madame de Torcy .-- The King's Religion .-- Atheists and Jansenists .-- Project against Scotland .-- Preparations .-- Failure .-- The Chevalier de St.George .-- His Return to Court..