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Immediately he bowed low and returned it to her finger, saying: "Permit me, mademoiselle, to present it to you in my turn so as to save you the embarrassment of asking for it." Mr. Vandam relates among other anecdotes about her that one evening she dined at the house of Comte Duchatel.
To the four Ladies of the Palace at the beginning of the Empire, Madame de Lucay, Madame de Remusat, Madame de Talhouet, Madame de Lauriston, were added thirteen other ladies: Madame Duchatel, Madame de Seran, Madame de Colbert, Madame Savary, Madame Octave de Segur, Madame de Turenne, Madame de Montalivet, Madame de Bouille, Madame de Vaux, Madame de Marescot.
"'You play the game of menace! cried Lesseps. "'The Government will never yield! again vociferated Duchatel. "'Those were the very words of Charles X.! observed M. Dantès, sternly. The entire left responded in a terrific roar. "'There is blood in those words! shouted Ledru Rollin.
JOHANNA. Must I be yet more wretched than I was! Unpitying Virgin! Heavy is thy hand Hast thou completely thrust me from thy favor? No God appears, no angel shows himself; Closed are heaven's portals, miracles have ceased. The French Camp. DUNOIS, between the ARCHBISHOP and DUCHATEL. ARCHBISHOP. Conquer your sullen indignation, prince! Return with us! Come back unto your king!
On arriving at the barrier on the castle side he found there to receive him Sire de Beauveau and Tanneguy Duchatel. "Come to my lord," said they; "he is awaiting you."
DUCHATEL. 'Tis, alas! SOREL. So great the need? No treasure left? The soldiers will disband? DUCHATEL. Alas! It is too true! Here-here is gold, Here too are jewels! Melt my silver down! Sell, pledge my castles on my fair domains In Provence treasure raise, turn all to gold, Appease the troops! No time to be lost! CHARLES. Well now, Dunois! Duchatel!
CHARLES. My royal customs pledge, and borrow gold From the Lombardians. DUCHATEL. Sire, thy revenues, Thy royal customs are for three years pledged. DUNOIS. And pledge meanwhile and kingdom both are lost. CHARLES. Still many rich and beauteous lands are ours. DUNOIS. So long as God and Talbot's sword permit! When Orleans falleth into English hands Then with King Rene thou may'st tend thy sheep!
Duchâtel, and General Trézel, on the previous evening still Minister of War, signed without hesitation Marshal Bugeaud's appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard and the Army. It was three o'clock in the morning. "It is somewhat late to set to work," said the Marshal; "but I have never been beaten, and shall not make a beginning to-morrow.
DUCHATEL. Think better of it, prince! Dismiss us not With such an answer! DUNOIS. Silence, Duchatel! You're hateful to me; I'll hear naught from you; You were the first who doubted of her truth. ARCHBISHOP. Who had not wavered on that fatal day, And been bewildered, when so many signs Bore evidence against her! We were stunned, Our hearts were crushed beneath the sudden blow.
DUNOIS. Not so! she must Decide! Free hath she made this realm of France, And she herself must freely give her heart. LA HIRE. Here comes the king! CHARLES, AGNES, SOREL, DUCHATEL, and CHATILLON. The same. He comes! My title he will recognize, And do me homage as his sovereign liege? CHATILLON. Here, in his royal town of Chalons, sire, The duke, my master, will fall down before thee.
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