1901 had given it the look of an orchard. So much was this the case that the lady sitting under the north terrace was thought to be making a study of tree stems; for she was looking into trees, and she held a large paper in her hand, and, as we passed, held it out at arm's length.
At present there are trees on each side of the pelouse, and one growing near the site of the old Jeu de Bague, but none growing in front of the house, and it all looks drier, brighter, and less confined than in 1901.
We have found two interesting mentions of this pelouse.
Before the new theatre was built in 1779, the old comédie stood on it for three years. When the comédie was moved it gave place to a "pelouse parsemée d'arbres."[1]
The Lady
Nothing unusual marked the lady sitting on a low seat on the grass immediately under the north terrace. I remember recognising that
- ↑ Desjardins, pp. 107, 120; Arch. Nat. O1, 1875, 1877; Terrade, Le Théâtre de la Reine, p. 23.
