"On one notorious occasion, Marie Antoinette had actually undressed and was about to receive her underwear, put out by the First Lady of the Bedchamber, from the hand of the Mistress of the Household. All this was according to plan and the Mistress of the Household had already stripped off her glove in preparation to take the chemise. At this point, a Princess of the Blood, the Duchesse d'Orléans arrived, her entry indicated by that peculiar scratching sound that was the Versailles equivalent of a knock. The Mistress of the Household, according to etiquette, relinquished the chemise to the Duchesse, who proceeded to take off her own glove. Marie Antoinette, of course, was still naked. And she remained so when yet another princess appeared, the Comtesse de Provence, who as a member of the royal family took precedence in the ceremony and was in turn handed the chemise. When the Comtesse tried to speed things up by omitting to remove her glove, she managed to knock off the royal mob cap. All this time Marie Antoinette stood with her arms crossed over her body, shivering. She tried to cover her impatience by laughing, but not before muttering audibly: "This is maddening! This is ridiculous!"" Note: A "mob cap" appears to be a type of cap that was fashionable for women to wear at the time. Source: Madame de Campan, Memoirs of the Private Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre (1824), quoted in Antonia Fraser, Marie Antoinette: The Journey (New York: Anchor Books, 2001): 75.