Excerpt from Mes Mémoires, Vol. 1
Posons d'abord ceci en principe: c'est que madame de Montesson passait à la cour et à la ville pour avoir cette singulière idée de ne vouloir être la femme de M. Le duc d'orleans qu'après l'avoir épousé.
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