f her sudden death determines him to withdraw from the
world, 67;
the skull of the Duchess said to have been found in his cell at La
Trappe, 67.

RETZ, Cardinal de, chills the Duke d'Orleans into inaction during the
struggle of Conde with Turenne, 10;
imprisoned at Vincennes, 15;
obtains the red hat from Louis XIV., 26;
entering upon his old intrigues, he is arrested and imprisoned, 26.

ROCHEFOUCAULD, Francis, Duke de la, blinded by a ball through his face
in the fight at the Faubourg St. Antoine, 9;
retires to his estates, and for a few years buries himself in
obscurity, 27;
is again received into favour, and obtains a thumping pension, 28.

SAINT-SIMON, Duke de, his explanation of the ascendency of Madame des
Ursins, 168;
his elaborate portrait of the Princess, 304.

SAVOY, Marie Louise of (daughter of Amadeus II., first wife of Philip
V. of Spain), quits Italy with Madame des Ursins for Spain, 153;
description of her at fourteen, 153;
the _camerara-mayor_ becomes indispensable to her, 154;
incidents of the journey to Spain, 156;
her first interview with Philip, who is disguised as a king's
messenger, 158;
the marriage at Figuieras, 158;
untoward incident of the supper there, 159;
Spanish _versus_ French cookery, 159;
her indignation at the conduct of the Spanish ladies, 159;
attributes the audacity and rudeness of the Spanish dames to the
King, 159;
ends by making the _amende_ to Philip V., 169;
the arrival at Madrid, 160;
the Queen governs Philip V., and Madame des Ursins governs the
Queen, 168;
her education and mental characteristics, 168;
a happy conformity of tastes, views, and dispositions attaches the
Queen to Madame des Ursins, 169;
maintains the royal authority by the spell of her gentle and steady
virtues, 198;
her destitution at Burgos, 199;
forsaken by her Court, seeks an asylum in old Castile, 200;
in childbirth, appeals touchingly to the attachment and courage of
Madame des Ursins, 257;
dies suddenly at the age of twenty-six, 267.

SPAIN, two political systems confront each other at Madrid, 169;
both reduced to impotence by Madame des Ursins, 169;
Gibraltar torn away for ever from Spain by a handful of British
seamen, 187;
defenceless state of the country, 187;
necessary to