She had to content herself with
railing at La Pompadour with the energy of three furies, but she
never ceased, to the end of her life, to boast of the terror which
her charms had exercised over the great favorite of the King.
Rolling in wealth and scarcely faded in beauty, Angelique kept
herself in the public eye. She hated retirement, and boldly claimed
her right to a foremost place in the society of Quebec. Her great
wealth and unrivalled power of intrigue enabled her to keep that
place, down to the last.
The fate of La Corriveau, her confederate in her great wickedness,
was peculiar and terrible. Secured at once by her own fears, as
well as by a rich yearly allowance paid her by Angelique, La
Corriveau discreetly bridled her tongue over the death of Caroline,
but she could not bridle her own evil passions in her own household.
One summer day, of the year following the conquest of the Colony,
the Goodman Dodier was found dead in his house at St. Valier.
Fanchon, who knew something and suspected more, spoke out; an
investigation into the cause of death of the husband resulted in the
discovery that he had been murdered by pouring melted lead into his
ear while he slept.
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