She entertained there Marie de Gournay, whom he had befriended in 1588 during a voyage to Paris, and to whom he had sent an annotated copy of the Essays requesting that she take care of its publication (which did not happen until fifteen months later).
He welcomed Marie de Gournay at his residence, where they had met in 1588 on a journey to Paris. He had previously sent her an annotated version of his Essays, requesting that she take charge of publishing it – a task not completed for another fifteen months.