arances and payments; besides this
my brother-in-law, comte d'Hargicourt, was appointed captain in the
prince's Swiss guards, one of the most honorable commissions that could
have been conferred on him.

The comte de Crussel and the prince d'Henin were named captains of the
guard to M. d'Artois. This prince d'Henin was of such diminutive stature
that he was sometimes styled, by way of jest, the "prince of dwarfs,"
"the dwarf of princes." He was the beloved nephew of the marechale
de Mirepoix, whose fondness could not supply him with the sense he so
greatly needed; he was besides very profligate, and continually running
into some difficulty or other by his eager pursuit after pleasure. It
is related of him, that the duc de Lauragnais, wearied with seeing the
prince d'Henin for ever fluttering about his mistress, mademoiselle
Arnoult, drew up a consultation, to inquire whether it were possible
to die of ennui: this he submitted to several physicians and celebrated
lawyers, who having united in replying affirmatively, he caused the
consultation with its answer to be forwarded to the prince d'Henin,
warning him henceforward to cease his visits to mademoiselle Arnoult;
or, in the event of her death, he would certainly be taken up as a party
concerned in effecting it.

The opposite party was now more irritated than ever by the many places
and employments I caused to be given either to my own friends, or to
those for whom they solicited my interest. The duchesse de Grammont,
flattering herself that she might now take the field against me with
advantage, arrived in Paris one fine morning from Chanteloup. Those
about me were full of wrath, I know not for why, at her arrival, but
I explained to them, that they were mistaken in supposing madame de
Grammont an exile; she had voluntarily accompanied her brother into his
retreat, and when that was no longer agreeable to her she returned to
Paris. However, her journey did neither good nor harm; she had many
invitations to fetes given in honor of herself, was frequently asked to
dinners, balls, etc., but that was all; no person set their wits to work
to reinstate her in the good graces of the king. I soon comprehended the
forlorn hopes of my poor enemy, and my former animosity soon gave way to
the play with which she inspired me.

About the period of the marriage of the comtesse d'Artois, an individual
of some eminence fell into disgrace; this was the comte de Broglie. This
gentlema