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Only, in the chapter of charges, Mademoiselle de Montalais cost per annum: ribbons, gloves, and sweets, a thousand livres. De Manicamp cost money lent, never returned from twelve to fifteen hundred livres per annum. So that there was nothing left for Malicorne. Ah! yes, we are mistaken; there was left the paternal strong box.
"Ah! that is the very question, how did it happen?" "You say that in a very singular manner, Saint-Aignan. Give me the details. What does he say himself?" "He says nothing, sire; but others do." "What others?" "Those who brought him back, sire." "Who are they?" "I do not know, sire; but M. de Manicamp knows. M. de Manicamp is one of his friends." "As everybody is, indeed," said the king.
M. Malicorne would be officer to Monsieur. It is plain the plan was formed by a clear head; it is plain, also, that it had been bravely executed. Malicorne had asked Manicamp to ask a brevet of maid of honor of the Comte de Guiche; and the Comte de Guiche had asked this brevet of Monsieur, who had signed it without hesitation.
The sound of his voice was like a clap of thunder coming to interrupt the warbling of birds under the leafy covert of the trees; a dead silence ensued. De Guiche was on his feet in a moment. Malicorne tried to hide himself behind Montalais. Manicamp stood bolt upright, and assumed a very ceremonious demeanor.
Manicamp hurriedly ran up the stairs, but paused at the threshold of the door, looked into the room, and seeing that everything was perfectly quiet, he advanced towards the foot of the large leathern armchair, a specimen of furniture of the reign of Henry IV., and seeing that the nurse, as a matter of course, had dropped off to sleep, he awoke her, and begged her to pass into the adjoining room.
The king led Manicamp to the door, and then in a low tone of voice said: "See that M. de Guiche takes good care of himself, and particularly that he recovers as soon as possible; I am very desirous of thanking him in the name of every lady, but let him take special care that he does not begin again."
"Pardon me, my lord; but if you have any complaint to make, have the goodness to address it to me, inasmuch as it was I who supplied the plans for the construction of these tents." "Moreover, I would beg you to observe, monsieur, that the term 'barrack' is a highly objectionable one!" added Manicamp, graciously. "You were saying, monsieur " continued De Guiche.
Malicorne, we know, had made the journey to Orleans in search of the brevet destined for Mademoiselle de Montalais, the arrival of which had produced such a strong feeling at the castle of Blois. At that moment, M. de Manicamp was at Orleans.
Manicamp bowed. "And now, Monsieur de Manicamp," continued the king, "what was said about Mademoiselle de la Valliere?" "Cannot your majesty guess?" "Your majesty can imagine the character of the jest in which young men permit themselves to indulge." "They very probably said that she was in love with some one?" the king ventured to remark. "Probably so."
"But," exclaimed De Guiche, "what is Buckingham's motive for providing such a supply of lodgings?" "Yes, yes," said De Wardes; "what reason has he?" "A very excellent one," replied Manicamp. "You know what it is, then?" "I fancy I do." "Tell us, then." "Bend your head down towards me." "What! may it not be spoken except in private?" "You shall judge of that yourself." "Very well."
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