Maybe he didn't realize they were anecdotes? Maybe he was just busy being Voltaire, and Algarotti was like "o.O" in the background, and then he just slipped off quietly while not letting on that he didn't want to stay in that situation any longer.
I mean, you could probably dig through Voltaire's correspondence to see what he was up to during those six weeks, and if I'm not falsely accusing him (I mean, Émilie seemed happy to live with him until her death!), maybe you'd get some ideas. But idk.
Voltaire's correspondence has been digitized, btw, but for the cost of a subscription that's more than I'm willing to pay atm, especially since the three volumes of letters to and from Fritz are freely available. (Would love to write a Fritz/Voltaire treat, but I would need to learn French and read said three volumes first, and possibly get my hands on a bio of Voltaire, and oh yeah, I still need to read the translation of that Fritz-trashing memoir that's on my list. So yeah. :P)
Re: Algarotti
I mean, you could probably dig through Voltaire's correspondence to see what he was up to during those six weeks, and if I'm not falsely accusing him (I mean, Émilie seemed happy to live with him until her death!), maybe you'd get some ideas. But idk.
Voltaire's correspondence has been digitized, btw, but for the cost of a subscription that's more than I'm willing to pay atm, especially since the three volumes of letters to and from Fritz are freely available. (Would love to write a Fritz/Voltaire treat, but I would need to learn French and read said three volumes first, and possibly get my hands on a bio of Voltaire, and oh yeah, I still need to read the translation of that Fritz-trashing memoir that's on my list. So yeah. :P)