The Entire Memoirs of Madame de Montespan

Mademoiselle de la Valliere, after having begged me, and begged me often, to come and help her to entertain the King, grew suddenly suspicious and uneasy. She is candour itself, and one day, bursting into tears, she said to me, in that voice peculiar to her alone, For Heaven’s sake, my good friend, do not steal away the King’s heart from me!