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For three following days Gorenflot got drunk, first on sherry, next on Malaga, then on Alicant; afterwards he declared he liked Burgundy best, and returned to that. Meanwhile, Chicot had never stirred from his room, and had constantly watched Nicolas David, who, having appointed to meet Pierre de Gondy at this inn, would not leave the house.
"And here are 200 others," said the cardinal, "for the new mission with which we are about to charge you." "Speak, monseigneur, I am ready." "We cannot commission you to carry this genealogy yourself to our holy Father, Gregory XIII." "Alas! no; my will is good, but I am of too poor birth." "Yes, it is a misfortune. We must therefore send Pierre de Gondy on this mission."
His first idea was that this man intended to do him some harm, but on the contrary he saw him fall on his knees before him with his hands clasped. "Your blessing, your holiness, before you go, I beseech you!" he cried. "Your holiness!" said Gondy; "my friend, you take me for some one else."
Accordingly, the Spanish ambassador, the legate, and the other chiefs of the Holy League appointed a deputation, consisting of the Cardinal Gondy, the Archbishop of Lyons, and the Abbe d'Elbene, to Henry. It soon became evident to the king, however, that these commissioners were but trifling with him in order to amuse the populace.
On the 22nd the royal carriages came by appointment to the Hotel Gondy, and took them for their first audience to the Louvre. They were received at the gate by a guard of honour, drums beating and arms presented, and conducted with the greatest ceremony to an apartment in the palace.
Accordingly, the Spanish ambassador, the legate, and the other chiefs of the Holy League appointed a deputation, consisting of the Cardinal Gondy, the Archbishop of Lyons, and the Abbe d'Elbene, to Henry. It soon became evident to the king, however, that these commissioners were but trifling with him in order to amuse the populace.
Aerssens obtained for their use the Hotel Gondy, formerly the residence of Don Pedro de Toledo, the most splendid private palace in Paris, and recently purchased by the Queen. It was considered expedient that the embassy should make as stately an appearance as that of royal or imperial envoys.
In the meantime Anne of Austria approached Comminges and conversed with him in a subdued tone, whilst Mazarin glanced uneasily at the corner occupied by D'Artagnan and Porthos. Ere long the door opened and the marechal entered, followed by the coadjutor. "There, madame," he said, "is Monsieur Gondy, who hastens to obey your majesty's summons."
I admire, I love him for I know his former adventures but I shall not speak to him until the day after to-morrow." "And why day after to-morrow?" asked Madame de Chevreuse. "You will know that to-morrow evening," said the coadjutor, smiling. "Really, my dear Gondy," said the duchess, "you remind one of the Apocalypse.
He walked straight up to him and placed a pistol to his throat. "Halloo! Monsieur de Rochefort," said Gondy, laughing, "are you a boy to play with firearms?" Rochefort recognized the voice. "Ah, it is you, my lord!" said he. "The very same. What people are you leading thus into the bowels of the earth?"
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