under the notice of Charles II., 98;
she embarks with the Duchess at Dunkirk for Dover, where she
captivates the king, 99;
Louise returns to France with the Duchess of Orleans, 100;
the key to the will of Charles II. found in Louise, 100;
Louis XIV. promises of handsomely rewarding the compliant
maid-of-honour, 102;
the Duke of Buckingham seeks to turn her to his own advantage as a
rival to the Duchess of Cleveland, 108;
an invitation formally worded sent her from the English Court, 109;
is left in the lurch at Dieppe by Buckingham, 109;
Lord Montague has her conveyed to England in a yacht, 109;
she is appointed maid-of-honour to the queen, 109;
the intoxication of Charles at "les graces decentes" of Louise, 109;
the purpose of her receiving an appointment at the Court of St.
James's foretold by Madame de Sevigne, 109;
St. Evremond's equivocal advice, 110;
created Duchess of Portsmouth, 110;
the domain of d'Aubigny conferred upon her by Louis XIV., 111;
Charles Lennox, her son by Charles II., created Duke of
Richmond, 111;
put out of countenance by Nell Gwynne, 112;
in conjunction with Barillon obtains an order which suddenly changed
the face of Europe, 113;
her triumphant sway in political matters, 113:
generously sacrifices her political _role_ in the matter of the
"bill of exclusion," 114;
her correspondence with Madame de Maintenon, 115;
Louis XIV. confers upon her the title of Duchess d'Aubigny, 115;
her creditable behaviour during the fatal seizure of Charles
II., 115;
magnificence of her apartments, 116;
Barillon finds her in an agony of grief, 116;
the message of the mistress to the dying king's brother, 117;
her political attitude during the last months of Charles's
life, 119;
she returns to France with a large treasure of money and
jewels, 120;
is the object of a rigid surveillance, 120;
Louvois, Courtin, and the _lettre de cachet_, 120;
passes in profound obscurity the remainder of her life, 121;
so reduced as to solicit a pension, 121;
the power she possessed over the mind of Charles II., 122;
her beauty not comparable to that of Madame de Montespan, 123.

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