and Mme. Bontemps!” Mme. Bontemps would recite an exactly similar “piece,” only it was M. and Mme. Bontemps who were named with a satisfied emphasis between the Duchesse de Vendôme and the Prince d’Agrigente, while the “also ran,” whom finally she used to accuse of having invited themselves, and who completely spoiled the party, were the Cottards.