V. AT BAR-SUR-AUBE—COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE 19

VI. COUNTESS DE LA MOTTE—IN BARRACKS AT LUNÉVILLE—ON A FIFTH FLOOR IN PARIS—ENSNARES THE GRAND ALMONER 30

VII. OSCILLATES BETWEEN PARIS AND VERSAILLES—SENDS OUT BEGGING LETTERS AND PETITIONS—FAINTS IN MADAME’S SALLE D’ATTENTE—DESPAIR 40

VIII. THE DIAMOND NECKLACE AGAIN—STILL NOT SOLD 52

IX. SOI-DISANT CONFIDANT OF THE QUEEN—AT VERSAILLES AND LITTLE TRIANON 56