Endnotes
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It is said that Mazarin, who, though a cardinal, had not taken such vows as to prevent it, was secretly married to Anne of Austria. —La Porte’s Memoirs ↩
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The Three Musketeers. ↩
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This secret passage is still to be seen in the Palais Royal. ↩
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A sacerdotal officer. ↩
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This poire d’angoisse was a famous gag, in the form of a pear, which, being thrust into the mouth, by the aid of a spring, dilated, so as to distend the jaws to their greatest width. ↩
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Sandy hills about Dunkirk, from which it derives its name. ↩