Excerpt from Mémoires de Mme la Duchesse d'Abrantès: Ou, Souvenirs Historiques sur Napoléon, la Révolution, le Directoire, le Consulat, l'Empire Et la Restauration

La personne qui me racontait ses beaux jours était une grande vieille figure, en manière de planche, ou plutôt une planche en manière de femme, qui s'appe lait Des Vaux. Elle était mère d'une personne assez singulière, nommée Mme de B.

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