CHAPTER XIV.
Gervaise Monk of La Trappe .-- --His Disgusting Profligacy .-- The Author of the Lord's Prayer .-- A Struggle for Precedence .-- Madame de Saint-Simon .-- The End of the Quarrel .-- Death of the Chevalier de Coislin .-- A Ludicrous Incident .-- Death of Racine .-- The King and the Poet .-- King Pays Debts of Courtiers .-- Impudence of M.de Vendome .-- A Mysterious Murder .-- Extraordinary Theft..