But I fear that the king will be worse obeyed in that respect by the priests than by the religionists.

I do not tell you this without grounds." "There is not a courier who does not bring the king great causes for joy," writes Madame de Maintenon, "that is to say, conversions by thousands.

I can quite believe that all these conversions are not sincere, but God makes use of all ways of bringing back heretics.

Their children, at any rate, will be Catholics; their outward reunion places them within reach of the truth; pray God to enlighten them all; there is nothing the king has more at heart." In the month of August, 1684, she said, "The king has a design of laboring for the entire conversion of the heretics.

He often has conferences about it with M.Le Tellier and M.de Chateauneuf, whereat I was given to understand that I should not be one too many.