The result he arrives at (see page 229 of his work) is that the house in question (No.

4 Rue St.Mederic, on the site of the Parc-aux-Cerfs, or breeding-place for deer, of Louis XIII) was very small, and could have held only one girl, the woman in charge of her, and a servant.

Most of the girls left it only when about to be confined, and it sometimes stood vacant for five or six months.

It may have been rented before the date of purchase, and other houses seem sometimes to have been used also; but in any case, it is evident that both the number of girls and the expense incurred have been absurdly exaggerated.

The system flourished under Madame de Pompadour, but ceased as soon as Madame du Barry obtained full power over the King, and the house was then sold to M.
J.B.Sevin for 16,000 livres, on 27th May, 1771, Louis not acting under the name of Louis de Bourbon, but as King,--"Vente par le Roi, notre Sire." In 1755 he had also been declared its purchaser in a similar manner.