AndtheKaiserinnherself,Austria’shighMother,did,theysay,aftersuchaLeuthencomingonthebackofsuchaRossbach,feeldiscouraged;butthePompadour(notFrance’sMother,whatevershemightbetoFrance)wasoffarothermind:\"Donotspeakofit,MA
REINE!Doubleorquits,thatisourgame:canweyieldforalittleill—luck?Never!\"
FrancedismissesitsD’Argenson,\"WhatArmiesaretheseofhis;
flyinghomeonus,likedraggledpoultry,acrosstheRhine!\"——
summonsthefamedBelleisletobeWar—Minister,andgivethingsaneagle—quality:[\"26thFebruary,1758\"(BARBIER,iv。258)。]