Thérèse-Lucy de Dillon

Dillon was described as a beauty, and became one of the favorite companions of Marie Antoinette, as well as one of the close confidantes she invited to her petit cabinets.

The abbé de Vermond reportedly reproached Marie Antoinette for keeping company with women of ill repute like Dillon and Guéméné.

However, only one day after the death of Dillon, Marie Antoinette had seemingly recovered from her sorrow and expressed a wish to go to the theater.

Louise-Charlotte de Duras, who was sent to advise her against it because she was allegedly the lady-in-waiting the queen respected the most, told her that it would be better if she went to the opera, as the way to the theater was passing near the Saint Sulpice, and she would in that case risk to running into the funeral procession of Madame Dillon along the way.

[5] This story was widely circulated, and contributed to the growing bad publicity surrounding the queen, who was viewed negatively for only having mourned a close friend for no more than a day.