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One day during the winter, the Duchess
Of Mazarine conceived the idea Of giving a
ftte chamhetre at her splendid mansion in
Paris She assembled an immense crowd
in her sQtoon, then just decore, and dazzling
with mirrors, which covered the walls OF the
apartment from the ceiling to the floor. At
the extremity of the sateoa, was a cabinet
full Of foliage and flowers, and Oh opening
gate transparency was to appear, show
ing a real flock of sheep, very white and
well washed, de6ling i'll the woodland, and
led by shepherdess, dancer from the
opera. While this ingenious scene was pre-
pairing, and the company were dancing in
the soloon, the imprisoned sheep escaped it
is not known how, and without dog or shep-
herdess, suddenly came into the saloon, dis
persed the dancers, and began buttng their
heads against the mirrors. The leaps and
bleatings of the atfrighed flock, the noise
they made in breaking the mirrors to pieces,
the cries and flights Of the women, the roars
Of laughter from the dancers, formed much
more amusing scene than that OF the pasto-
raj, which tire company lost by this accident.


Madame dc Genlis' Memoirs.