La Fontaine

Also known as: M. de la Fontaine / M. la Fontaine · Family: court · Role: rhymester · First appears: Chapter 42

Life events

La Fontaine reveals Vanel as the purchaser of Fouquet’s procureur-general post using Madame Vanel’s money.(Chapter46 · 📍 Saint-Mande)
- With: Fouquet Vanel Madame Vanel
- “‘Do you mean to say that you have found a purchaser for my post of procureur-general?’ exclaimed Fouquet. ‘I have, monsieur.’”

friends with Fouquet “‘Do you know any other friend of M. Fouquet?’ ‘I know M. de la Fontaine very well.’ ‘La Fontaine, the rhymester?’”

with Fouquet (La Fontaine has negotiated a prospective sale of Fouquet's office.) “Do you mean to say that you have found a purchaser for my post of procureur-general?”
with Vanel (La Fontaine acts as intermediary for Vanel's approach to Fouquet.) “My denouement,” cried La Fontaine, “is that Vanel, that determined blackbird, knowing that I was coming to Saint-Mande, implored me to bring him with me, and, if possible, to present him to M. Fouquet.”
with Gourville (interaction) “La Fontaine set off at once, fortunately accompanied by Gourville, for, absorbed in his own calculations, the poet would have mistaken the route, and was hurrying as fast as he could towards the village of Saint-Mande.”
with Abbe Fouquet (interaction) “And I will accompany you,” said the Abbe Fouquet; “I will carry the money bags.”

with Vatel (Vatel serves wines that La Fontaine enjoys.) “La Fontaine forgot his Gorgny wine, and allowed Vatel to reconcile him to the wines of the Rhone, and those from the shores of Spain.”

with Fouquet (La Fontaine previously told Fouquet and Aramis the cited story.) “you are like the teacher of philosophy whom La Fontaine was telling us about the other day”
with Aramis (La Fontaine previously told Fouquet and Aramis the cited story.) “you are like the teacher of philosophy whom La Fontaine was telling us about the other day”

Extracted from the original text of Louise de la Vallière. Made with Rho MD.