I have never seen man so transfixed, so deeply moved, so overwhelmed by a calumny so enormous and so continuous.

I had all the pains in the world to bring him round a little." King Louis XV., who had no love and scarcely any remembrance, preserved all his life some affection for the Regent, and sincere gratitude for the care which the latter had lavished upon him.
The Duke of Orleans had never desired the crown for himself, and the attentions full of tender respect which he had shown the little king had made upon the child an impression which was never effaced.
The preparations for war with Spain meanwhile continued; the Prince of Conti was nominally at the head of the army, Marshal Berwick was intrusted with the command.

He accepted it, in spite of his old connections with Spain, the benefits which Philip V.

had heaped upon him, and the presence of his eldest son, the Duke of Liria, in the Spanish ranks.

There were others who attached more importance to gratitude.