CHAPTER XCVIII.
Mode of Life of the Duchesse de Berry .-- Her Illness .-- Her Degrading Amours .-- Her Danger Increases .-- The Sacraments Refused .-- The Cure Is Supported by the Cardinal de Noailles .-- Curious Scene .-- The Duchess Refuses to Give Way .-- She Recovers, and Is Delivered .-- Ambition of Rion.
-- He Marries the Duchess .-- She Determines to Go to Meudon .-- Rion Sent to the Army .-- Quarrels of Father and Daughter .-- Supper on the Terrace of Meudon .-- The Duchess Again Ill .-- Moves to La Muette .-- Great Danger .-- Receives the Sacrament .-- Garus and Chirac .-- Rival Doctors .-- Increased Illness .-- Death of the Duchess .-- Sentiments on the Occasion .-- Funeral Ceremonies .-- Madame de Saint-Simon Fails Ill .-- Her Recovery .-- We Move to Meudon .-- Character of the Duchesse de Berry..