But these 'eus' and 'ous' cause dire misery to all foreigners.
Half an hour afterwards M.de Richelieu asked me which of the two actresses pleased me most by her beauty.
"That one, sir." "But she has ugly legs." "They are not seen, sir; besides, whenever I examine the beauty of a woman, 'la premiere chose que j'ecarte, ce sont les jambes'." That word said quite by chance, and the double meaning of which I did not understand, made at once an important personage of me, and everybody in the box of Madame de Pompadour was curious to know me.

The marshal learned who I was from M.de Morosini, who told me that the duke would be happy to receive me.

My 'jeu de mots' became celebrated, and the marshal honoured me with a very gracious welcome.

Among the foreign ministers, the one to whom I attached myself most was Lord Keith, Marshal of Scotland and ambassador of the King of Prussia.

I shall have occasion to speak of him.
The day after my arrival in Fontainebleau I went alone to the court, and I saw Louis XV., the handsome king, go to the chapel with the royal family and all the ladies of the court, who surprised me by their ugliness as much as the ladies of the court of Turin had astonished me by their beauty.