An Eastern Allegory.--Who comes Here?--A Mad Freak and its
Consequences.--Making an Abbé of him.--The May-Fair of
Paris.--Scarron's Lament to Pellisson.--The Office of the
Queen's Patient.--'Give me a Simple Benefice.'--Scarron's
Description of Himself.--Improvidence and Servility.--The
Society at Scarron's.--The Witty Conversation.--Francoise
D'Aubigné's Début.--The Sad Story of La Belle
Indienne.--Matrimonial Considerations.--'Scarron's Wife will
live for ever.'--Petits Soupers.--Scarron's last Moments.--A
Lesson for Gay and Grave. p. 235