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Ch. 11: A Famous Necklace

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A FAMOUS NECKLACE.                     247
years of age, seems to have been perfectly in­fatuated with the countess who, though not beautiful, was witty and very taking in her manners.
At length Madame de la Motte began to throw out hints about her acquaintance with the Queen and to suggest that she might be the means of restoring the cardinal to the royal favor. The cardinal believed implicitly in her intimacy with Marie Antoinette and built high hopes upon it, and not only the cardinal but many others likewise believed in it, and besought the adventuress's favor at the hands of Her Majesty. This may appear strange, seeing that the Queen and countess never exchanged a word in their lives; but at court where nothing is ever known exactly, but all things are possible, it is not easy to learn the precise facts about anything. An adventuress in the days of Madame de Mainte-non is said to have made her fortune by walking through that lady's open door into the empty drawing-room and appearing for a few moments
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