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As for Madame d'Argenton, she received the news that her reign was over with all the consternation, rage, and despair that might have been expected. Mademoiselle de Chausseraye was sent by Madame de Maintenon to announce the ill news to her. When Mademoiselle de Chausseraye arrived at Madame l'Argenton's house, Madame d'Argenton was out she had gone to supper with the Princesse de Rohan.
"You have said enough; do not say too much too much for yourself. Charles, Charles, let us thank God together," and, turning from La Mothe, she caught the boy in her arms, drawing him to her breast in a passion of relief. It was not difficult to see what her chief anxiety had been. "Monsieur d'Argenton, surely you are satisfied now?" Was he satisfied? By no means.
"A lie," said La Mothe, "the damnedest lie that ever came out of hell. Finish your lies, Saxe." Sternly Commines turned upon him. "You are here only on sufferance; either leave the room or be silent." "Monsieur d'Argenton, it is every man's right " began La Mothe; but Ursula de Vesc, turning in her chair, laid a hand upon his arm.
At first it was only to please Madame d'Argenton, but afterwards from curiosity, that he tried to see the present and the future in a glass of water; so he said, and he was no liar.
Madame d'Argenton, in despair at first, became more tractable as she learnt the provisions which had been made for her, and the delicacy with which she was treated. She remained four days in Paris, and then returned to her father's house near Port-Sainte-Maxence, the Chevalier d'Orleans, her son, remaining at the Palais Royal.
Drawing back a step La Mothe, half behind her, rested, his hand on the chair-back, and the stage was set. "Mademoiselle," began Commines, "Saxe, whom you know, told me a strange story to-day, and it seemed to us it was your right to hear it as soon as possible." "Us? Who are us, Monsieur d'Argenton?" "Monsieur La Mothe and myself."
That is a great gift from an enemy, Monsieur d'Argenton, and what would the King say if he were alive? But the King is dead! Then why are you to note carefully how the Dauphin takes the news? For whose benefit are you to note it? For your own? But you are to make yourself secure in Amboise! For Tristan's? But how does it touch Tristan? For the King, who is dead? That is absurd.
I represented to him that the only way to do this was to give up Madame d'Argenton, at once and for ever, and to announce to the King that he had done so. At first he would not hear of such a step, and I was obliged to employ all my eloquence, and all my firmness too, to make him listen to reason. One great obstacle in our way was the repugnance of M. d'Orleans for his wife.
I proposed, while he was still shaken, that he should at once send to Madame de Maintenon, to know when she, would grant him an audience; for he had determined to speak to her first of his intention to give up Madame d'Argenton.
Monsieur d'Argenton, you are a learned man; is there not some proverb about distrusting the Greeks when they bring presents?" "Tristan would never dare to spread such a report never, never." "But Tristan's master might. You don't think so? Forgive me if I am suspicious, but can you wonder, you of all men?
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