CHAPTER LXXV.
Amours of the King .-- La Valliere .-- Montespan .-- Scandalous Publicity .-- Temper of Madame de Montespan .-- Her Unbearable Haughtiness .-- Other Mistresses .-- Madame de Maintenon .-- Her Fortunes .-- Her Marriage with Scarron .-- His Character and Society .-- How She Lived After His Death .-- Gets into Better Company .-- Acquaintance with Madame de Montespan .-- The King's Children .-- His Dislike of Widow Scarron .-- Purchase of the Maintenon Estate .-- Further Demands .-- M.

du Maine on His Travels .-- Montespan's Ill--humour .-- Madame de Maintenon Supplants Her .-- Her Bitter Annoyance .-- Progress of the New Intrigue .-- Marriage of the King and Madame de Maintenon..