Then he achieved immense vogue among fine ladies, bishops, and the lighter heads of the town, by the comedy in which he held Diderot, D'Alembert, and the others, up to hatred and ridicule.

Finally, after coming to look upon himself as a serious personage, he disappeared into the mire of half-oblivious contempt and disgust that happily awaits all the poor Palissots and all their works.

His name only survives in connection with the men whom he maligned.

He lived to be old, as, oddly enough, Spite so often does.

In the Terror he had a narrow escape, for he was brought before Chaumette.