THREE:��These things are impossible. I shall never believe they meditate such atrocities.��The Mar��chale d��Etr��e, daughter of M. de Puisieux, died, and left all her large fortune, not to the spendthrift Marquis de Genlis, but to the Count, who, finding himself now very rich, wished to retire from the Palais Royal and live on his estates, and tried to induce his wife to accompany him. He said with truth that her proper and natural place [412] was with him, and he tried by all means in his power to persuade her to do what one would suppose a person constantly talking of duty, virtue, self-sacrifice, and the happiness of retirement, would not have hesitated about.

FORE:In 1779 Mlle. d��Epernon, third daughter of the Duc d��Ayen, married the Vicomte du Roure. She was a gentle, affectionate girl of less decided character than the others, and less is known of her, for her life was a short one passed in domestic retirement. This marriage was unhappy, as the Vicomte cared very little for his wife. However, he died in two years, and in 1784 she married the Vicomte de Th��san, an ardent Royalist who was devoted to her. [72]Over the other column was written, ��Let us see mine,�� and these were represented by a column of noughts. At the bottom was written, ��Total: Satisfaction!!�� FORE: