Whilst I attached myself to the family of Dupin, Madam de Beuzenval and Madam de Broglie, whom I continued to visit, had not forgotten me.

The Count de Montaigu, captain in the guards, had just been appointed ambassador to Venice.

He was an ambassador made by Barjac, to whom he assiduously paid his court.

His brother, the Chevalier de Montaigu, 'gentilhomme de la manche' to the dauphin, was acquainted with these ladies, and with the Abbe Alary of the French academy, whom I sometimes visited.

Madam de Broglie having heard the ambassador was seeking a secretary, proposed me to him.