ix.] [Footnote 80: Madame Dupre de Saint Maur, who had found favour in the eyes of the Count d'Argenson.

D'Argenson, younger brother of the Marquis, who had been dismissed in 1747, was in power from 1743 to 1757.
Notwithstanding his alleged share in Diderot's imprisonment, he was a tolerably steady protector of the philosophical party.] [Footnote 81: Barbier, iv.

337.] [Footnote 82: There is a picture of Berryer, under the name of Orgon in that very curious book, _L'Ecole de l'Homme_, ii.

73.] [Footnote 83: Pieces given in Diderot's Works, xx.

121-123.] [Footnote 84: Naigeon, p.