Memoirs of Madame de Montespan — Volume 4

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Volume IV., by Madame La Marquise DeMontespanThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Volume IV. Being the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV.Author: Madame La Marquise De MontespanRelease Date: September 29, 2006 [EBook #3850]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN ***Produced by David WidgerMEMOIRS OF MADAME LA MARQUISE DEMONTESPANWritten by HerselfBeing the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV.BOOK 4.CHAPTER XLIX.President de Nesmond.—Melladoro.—A Complacent Husband and His Love-sickWife.—Tragic Sequel.President de Nesmond—upright, clear-headed magistrate as he was—was of very great service to me at the Courts ofJustice. He always managed to oblige me and look after my interests and my rights in any legal dispute of mine, or whenI had reason to fear annoyance on the part of my husband.I will here relate the grief that his young wife caused him, and it will be seen that, by the side of this poor President, M. deMontespan might count himself lucky. Having long been a widower, he was in some measure accustomed to this state,until love laid a snare for him just at the age of ...