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The note, in Voltaire’s hand, is corrected throughout. The anecdote relates to Chapter 18 of the Siècle de Louis XIV (see OCV, vol.13B, p.105-107 and notes).
Voltaire writes that he is sick and that he will immediately obey the orders of Madame Gallatin, adding that he will bring down justice. He concludes by noting that Betens is a fool.
La Beaumelle notes that it was l’abbé Le Maire who collected and presented him with these conversations.
A note introducing the text that follows in MS 54 (J). The note states that what follows in a letter in response to Voltaire’s ‘Mémoire’ in which Voltaire boasts of having rendered essential services to La Baumelle.
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