more from 'The Scandal of Sophie Dawes'

after describing the men she was involved with, you get this:
"Our third character is different in everything from these two amiable princes, almost overwhelmed by honours, riches, possessions, traditions, the pleasures and pains of ancient blood. Indeed, at first it would seem impossible that a being so humble, so wretched, so mean, could possibly mingle in the story of Condé and Orléans. But this miserable creature was a woman, and so all is explained."