CHAPTER LXXI.
The Duke Tries to Raise the Devil .-- Magical Experiments .-- His Religious Opinions .-- Impiety .-- Reads Rabelais at Church .-- The Duchesse d'Orleans .-- Her Character .-- Her Life with Her Husband .-- My Discourses with the Duke on the Future .-- My Plans of Government .-- A Place at Choice Offered Me .-- I Decline the Honour .-- My Reason .-- National Bankruptcy .-- The Duke's Anger at My Refusal .-- A Final Decision..