The youth of the latter was spend in Paris, where the Revolution overtook him when thirty years of age in the midst of his conquests and gallantries.
The Chevalier de Valois of Alencon was accepted by the highest aristocracy of the province as a genuine Valois; and he distinguished himself, like the rest of his homonyms, by excellent manners, which proved him a man of society.

He dined out every day, and played cards every evening.

He was thought witty, thanks to his foible for relating a quantity of anecdotes on the reign of Louis XV.

and the beginnings of the Revolution.

When these tales were heard for the first time, they were held to be well narrated.