CHAPTER VII.
Harlay and the Dutch .-- Death of the Princess of Orange .-- Count Koenigsmarck .-- A New Proposal of Marriage .-- My Marriage .-- That of M.de Lauzun .-- Its Result .-- La Fontaine and Mignard .-- Illness of the Marechal de Lorges .-- Operations on the Rhine .-- Village of Seckenheim .-- An Episode of War .-- Cowardice of M.du Maine .-- Despair of the King, Who Takes a Knave in the Act .-- Bon Mot of M.d'Elboeuf..