Crossword-Solution: CHON 4 letters, 7 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

One was called Isabelle, whom they had nicknamed _Bischi_, the other's name was Fanchon, and her name had been abbreviated to "_Chon_." The latter had much talent, and even brought to Versailles with her, an instinctive spirit of diplomacy which would have done honor to a practised courtier.

But what most particularly diverted the king, was calling my sister-in-law by her nickname; "_Petite Chon, grande Chon_," he was always saying, "do this, go there, come here." Louis XV did the same with his own daughters: he had amongst them a _Loque_, a _Graille_, a _Chiffe_, and they were the ladies Victoire, Adélaïde, and Sophie, whom he thus elegantly designated.

Mademoiselle Chon, my sister-in-law, and I also wrote to each other, and that from one room to another.

The king saw it, and was so much pleased that he kept it, and next day sent me a golden goblet enriched with stones, which I gave to Chon, to whom it rightfully belonged.

The king followed, and finding there mademoiselle Chon, who was working at some tapestry, said to her, "Mademoiselle, I confide to your care, and by oral _lettre de cachet_, the most amiable little devil in France.