'Whither are you carrying that coffin ?'--'To the village of -- ----,' answered the peasant.

'Is it for a man or a woman ?'--'For a man.'-- 'What did he die of ?'--'Of hunger,' bluntly replied the villager.

The King spurred on his horse, and asked no more questions.
"Weak as Louis XV.

was, the Parliaments would never have obtained his consent to the convocation of the States General.

I heard an anecdote on this subject from two officers attached to that Prince's household.