Conti, Prince de, pays assiduous attentions to Sophie Arnould, 43; invites her to his box at the Opera, 45; “wishes her to be entirely his own,” 45 note; gives her a pension, 80 note
Conti, Princesse de, takes Sophie Arnould to live with her, 5; suggests that she shall sing at the Abbey of Panthémont in Holy Week, 7; embarrassed by Madame de Pompadour’s desire to see Sophie, 9; endeavours to conceal Sophie in a convent, 11, 12; encourages the suit of the Chevalier de Malézieux, 12, 13
_Cour du Roi Pétaud, la_, Comte de Lauraguais, 25, 26 and note
_Courtisanes, les_, anecdote about its rejection by the Comédie-Française, 228, 229; Mlle. Contat’s performance in, 229
Dalayrac (composer), 210, 211, 212, 213, 217
_Dardanus_, Sophie Arnould’s performance in, 42, 50, 51
Dauberval (dancer), one of the lovers of Mlle. Guimard, 113 note
Dauvergne (director of the Opera), 126, 127, 311, 313, 315, 318, 322, 324, 325
David, Jaques Louis (painter), Mlle. Guimard’s kindness to him, 118, 119
Desentelles (Intendant of the Menus-Plaisirs), 245
Despréaux, Jean Étienne, his parody of _Ernelinde_ performed at Mlle. Guimard’s hôtel in the Chaussée-d’Antin, 122; and before the Court at Choisy, 122; receives a pension from Louis XVI., 122; marries Mlle. Guimard, 136, 137; his career, 136 note; loses his pensions at the Revolution, 138; becomes stage-manager at the Opera, 138; resigns his post, 138; his _Passe-Temps_, 139; celebrates his wife’s charms in verse, 139; appointed inspector of the Opera and the theatre of the Tuileries, 139; dances with his wife, 140
_Devin du Village_, Sophie Arnould’s performance in, 54 note
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, her friendship for Mlle. Guimard, 135
_Didon_, Le Franc de Pompignan’s, 148, 149, 151, 152, 171, 172
_Didon_, Piccini’s, 296-306, 307, 308, 309, 312
Douglas, Mr. R. B. (cited), 14, 54, 66, 88, 97
Dodé de Jousserand, libels the administration of the Opera, 276
Drais, Claude (goldsmith), marries the daughter of Mlle. Guimard and La Borde, 109, 110
Du Barry, Madame, “unexampled audacity” of Sophie Arnould towards, 49 and note; does not attend the first performance of _Iphigénie en Aulide_, 64; compared with Mlle. Guimard, 114; sends two kisses to Voltaire, 121; presents Mlle. Raucourt with a _robe de théâtre_, 152