Crossword-Solution: CERFS 5 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

Louis XV., an egotist, a man of narrow mind (didn’t he say, ‘If I were lieutenant of police I would suppress cabriolets’?), that dissolute king--you remember his Parc aux Cerfs?--did much to open the abyss of revolution.

The gardens were reached from the chateau through external and internal galleries, the most important of which was called the “Galerie des Cerfs” on account of its decoration.

The direction of the _Parc aux Cerfs_ gave him much influence with the king, who found the convenience of such a man, who was willing to take upon himself all the disagreeable part of his clandestine amours.

CHAPTER XXIX The king's friends--The duc de Fronsac--The duc d'Ayen's remark--Manner of living at court--The marquis de Dreux –Brézé--Education of Louis XV--The _Parc-aux-Cerfs_--Its household--Its inmates--Mère Bompart--Livres expended on the _Parc-aur-Cerfs_--Good advice--Madame I was now firmly fixed at court, the king, more than ever devoted to me, seemed unable to dispense with my constant presence.

What more could you covet? You will establish a gaming table at the _Parc-aux-Cerfs_, and never quit it again." Comte Jean began to laugh, and then seriously advised me to follow the plain counsel of the duc de Richelieu.