years, failed doubly the faithfulness test in its sixth year, showing us that adultery is inevitable in these relationships where there is no prejudice, no religion other than feelings, no laws other than desire, incapable of vain sacrifices that seem to be the negation of life..." In essence, the contract was to bind them together, at least in their own minds, but did not require them to being only with one another sexually. The contract was honored by both until the Duchess' death in 1954. De Gramont was divorced from Philibert in 1920. She participated in Popular Front parades, and supported politicians of the left. She died in Paris and is buried at Ancy-le-Franc, near the family castle of Clermont-Tonnerre. Bibliography Almanach des bonnes chances de France, 1930 Le Diable chez la marquise, Littéraires, ca; 1938 Autour de Saint-James, Du Pavois (publishers), 1945 Barbey d'Aurevilly, Grasset, 1946 La Famille des Clermont-Tonnerre, Fasquelle, 1950 La Femme et la robe, La Palatine, Paris, Geneva, 1952 Le Comte d'Orsay et Lady Blessington, 1955 Marcel Proust, Flammarion, 1948 Mémoires d'Élisabeth de Gramont, Grasset, 1929 Souvenirs du monde de 1890 à 1940 References Sources External links Painting of Elisabeth de Gramont by Romaine Brookes Through the years http://www.marcelproust.it/gallery/gramont.htm# 1875 births 1954 deaths 20th-century French writers French memoirists French bisexual writers French LGBT writers Bisexual women LGBT Roman Catholics French women memoirists 20th-century French women writers Writers from Nancy, France French socialists French feminists French socialist feminists Catholic socialists