La Tude, a young Frenchman, for a trifling offense, was seized
and thrown into prison by order of Madame de Pompadour. There he
remained until her death in 1764. Two years before she died he
wrote this unfeeling woman: “I have suffered fourteen years; let
all be buried forever in the blood of Jesus.” But she remained
fixt in her determination to show him no mercy. This young
Frenchman remained in prison almost thirty-five years. (Text.)
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