The Lieutenant of Police.--Jealousy of Parliament.--Arrest of Pomereu
Resolved On.--His Imprisonment and Sudden Release.--Proposed Destruction
of Marly.--How I Prevented It.--Sale of the Furniture.--I Obtain the
‘Grandes Entrees’.--Their Importance and Nature.--Afterwards Lavished
Indiscriminately.--Adventure of the Diamond called “The Regent.”--Bought
for the Crown of France.