X. HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL, COMMENDATOR, GRAND ALMONER, · The story of the diamond necklace : $b told in detail for the first time, chiefly by the aid of original letters, official and other documents, and contemporary memoirs recently made public; and comprising a sketch of the life of the Countess de la Motte, pretended confidant of Marie-Antoinette, and particulars of the careers of the other actors in the remarkable drama

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XI. PRETENDED MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE CARDINAL AND THE QUEEN—A FORGER ON THE PREMISES—BILLETS-DOUX BORDERED WITH “VIGNETTES BLEUES” 72