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Behold, then, the Duchesse de Nevers and Mantua, the Princesse Marie de Gonzaga, the wife of Monsieur Henri d'Effiat, Marquis de Cinq-Mars, exiled!" "Well, Madame, I will follow him into exile. It is my duty; I am his wife!" exclaimed Marie, sobbing. "I would I knew he were already banished and in safety." "Dreams of eighteen!" said the Queen, supporting Marie. "Awake, child, awake! you must.
Probably Charles, after a visit, perhaps, to Ferrara, returned to Paris and his Princess. We find a draft thus conceived and spelled: 'ARRENGEMENT. 'Goring to come here immediately, he to know nothing but that I am just arrived. He sent compliments to the Duchesse d'Aiguillon, a lady much attached to Montesquieu.
The beat of his watch seemed to sound through the unnatural silence. In a minute he spoke. "The lady may proceed," he announced. "My husband," the Duchesse continued, "was an officer in charge of the Mines and Ordnance Department. He went out that night in a small boat, after a visit to the strong house. No soul has ever seen or heard of him since, or his boat. It is only I who know."
Pray excuse me, so many come and ask for the Duchesse, and we have to be so very particular. But, of course, you must be the lady the Duchesse is so very fond of. She has mentioned you often, and warned us to receive you with every courtesy." And that is my last recollection of the kindly woman, who died a few months later.
The memoirs of Mademoiselle paint her well. She lived with Mademoiselle, and passed all her life in quarrels about trifles. It was immediately after leaving Fontainebleau that the marriage between the Duc and Duchesse de Bourgogne was consummated. It was upon this occasion that the King named four gentlemen to wait upon the Duke, four who in truth could not have been more badly chosen.
The Duc and Duchesse de Vendome were as fond of him as one of their own kin, doing nothing without first consulting him, everywhere praising and extolling his abilities, which were worthy of a ministry. This prelate desired above all things to be made a cardinal. Under Henri IV. he could easily have had his wish, but at that time he was not yet born.
Madame Saint-Simon exhibited surprise, but Madame la Duchesse de Berry declared that nothing was so true; that I wished to estrange M. d'Orleans from her, but that I should not succeed; and immediately related all that I had just said to her father. He had had the goodness to repeat it to her an hour afterwards!
I cannot do so, if you have not the power to grant what I want." "However limited my power and ability, ask all the same." "I need a sum of money, to restore Dampierre." "Ah!" replied Aramis, coldly "money? Well, duchesse, how much would you require?" "Oh! a tolerably round sum." "So much the worse you know I am not rich." "No, no; but the order is and if you had been the general "
The title of Duchesse d'Orleans belongs to Madame la Duchesse d'Orleans, as granddaughter. Such is the custom prevalent here. The brother and the sister-in-law of the King are called simply Monsieur and Madame, and these titles are also contained in my brevets; but I suffer myself to be called commonly Madame la Duchesse d'Orleans.
At that moment the crowd returned from the other room and the Duchesse rose and left me. Coralie now sat with me. "Mes compliments, Nicholas! She is lovely! But what a fox, thou!" "Am I not? It is so delicious to find things out for oneself!" Coralie laughed; she has a philosophic spirit, as I have found always those much love-battered ones possess.
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