CHAPTER LXXII.
The King's Health Declines .-- Bets about His Death .-- Lord Stair .-- My New Friend .-- The King's Last Hunt .-- And Last Domestic and Public Acts .-- Doctors .-- Opium .-- The King's Diet .-- Failure of His Strength .-- His Hopes of Recovery .-- Increased Danger .-- Codicil to His Will .-- Interview with the Duc d'Orleans .-- With the Cardinal de Noailles .-- Address to His Attendants .-- The Dauphin Brought to Him .-- His Last Words .-- An Extraordinary Physician .-- The Courtiers and the Duc d'Orleans .-- Conduct of Madame de Maintenon .-- The King's Death..