She was born in the room where Admiral Coligny was assassinated.
Being told that a Capuchin monk had been devoured by rats, she exclaimed, “Poor animals! what a terrible thing hunger must be!” (Pauvres bêtes! il faut que la faim soit une chose terrible!)
She called marriage “the sacrament of adultery.”
Of a very thin actress she observed, “One needn’t go to St. Cloud to see les eaux” (les os).
The names of three sisters, Rose, Marguerite, and Hyacinthe, suggested the exclamation, “What a flower-bed!” (Ah, quel platebande!) Her comment upon an actress who appeared in midwinter with a dress covered with flowers was, “You look like a hot-house” (Vous avez l’air d’une terre chaude).
