Lauraguais, Comte de, takes up his residence, under an assumed character, at the Arnoulds’ hôtel, 21, 22; elopes with Sophie Arnould, 23; his letter to her parents, 24; his eccentric character, 24, 25; anecdotes about him, 25-27; his _liaison_ with Sophie Arnould, 28, 29; discarded by her, 35, 36; her letter to him, 36, 37; resumption of their relations, 39, 40; his _Mémoire sur l’inoculation_, 40, 41; imprisoned at Metz, 41, 42; his release procured by Sophie Arnould, 42; separated from his wife, 42, 43; indulging in “_passades_,” 43; purchases the favours of Mlle. Heinel, 45; “a charming instance of his inextinguishable humour,” 52-54; in exile, 89; Sophie Arnould’s letter to him, in 1797, 92, 93; befriends her in her poverty and old age, 93
La Vauguyon, Duc de, Sophie Arnould’s _bon mot_ about him, 33, 34
Lemoine (composer), his kindness to Madame Saint-Huberty when a child, 267, 268; her efforts on behalf of his _Électre_, 285; his _Phèdre_ given precedence over Sacchini’s _Œdipe_, 310; ruse by which its success is secured, 311
Levasseur, Rosalie, a bitter rival of Sophie Arnould, 57; infatuation of Mercy-Argenteau for her, 69, 70; receives lessons from Gluck, 70; persuades him to entrust her with the part of Alceste in preference to Sophie Arnould, 70, 71; causes a disgraceful lampoon to be circulated about Sophie, 71, 72; attacked in _Le Nouveau Spectateur_, 74; not satisfactory as Armide in Sacchini’s _Renaud_, 289; her talent on the wane, 291; doubles Madame Saint-Huberty as Armide, 317
Ligne, Prince de, a visitor at Sophie Arnould’s house, 79; secures the release of Mlle. Raucourt from For l’Évéque, 166
Louis XIV., his gastronomic feats, 30, 31 and note
Louis XV., satirised by the Comte de Lauraguais in _La Cour du Roi Pétaud_, 25, 26 and note; fears Sophie Arnould’s wit, 31; regards Lauraguais as a public nuisance, 41; admires Sophie Arnould’s singing in _Dardanus_, 42; compliments and rewards Mlle. Raucourt, 151; reported to have enjoyed that lady’s favours, 159
Louis XVI., attends the first performance of _Iphigénie en Aulide_, 64; forbids a fête at Mlle. Guimard’s hôtel, 122; amused by Despréaux’s parody of _Ernelinde_, 122; “led by the nose” by Marie Antoinette, 168; orders Dugazon to insult the Queen at an Opera-ball, 201; pronounces the _Mariage de Figaro_ “detestable” and “unactable,” 230; forbids its performance at the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs, 232; causes six censors to be appointed to examine it, 237; delighted with Piccini’s _Didon_, 300