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We will stop at nothing in the way of expense just so long as the name of the Vanderveer is kept in the background. Only, I'm afraid the coroner will try to rub it in and make the thing sensational." "What was her name?" asked Kennedy. "At least, under what name was she registered? "She was registered as Madame de Nevers.
He had come all that way with the pleasant intention of killing Nevers, but he felt more friendly towards his enemy since he had learned of the plot against his life, and he wondered who was the instigator of that plot, who was the paymaster of the, as he believed, baffled assassins. For in a sense he believed them to be baffled, and this for two reasons.
Peyrolles now drew back again with a cautious look on his face as he answered, cautiously: "My master, Prince Gonzague, must be satisfied. Where is this girl?" Æsop continued: "Here. I found her in Madrid, the dancing-girl of a band of gypsies. She is the right age. The girl is clever, she is comely, her hair is of the Nevers shade, her color of the Nevers tint.
The onset and the victory were simultaneous, Nevers riding through a hollow with some companies of cavalry, in the hope of making a detour and presenting a new front to the enemy, was overwhelmed at once by the retreating French and their furious pursuers.
I personally will be pleased to do anything in my power to help him in any business he may undertake, and can recommend him to everybody as a responsible and trustworthy Engineer, knowing him for the last twenty-four years. Minister of War. The document seemed in substance merely a repetition of what De Nevers had already told me, and I handed it back to him satisfied of its correctness.
New anxieties Disaffection of the Princes They demand a reformation in the Government Cunning of the Duc de Bouillon Imprisonment of M. de Vendôme He escapes The Regent suspects the sincerity of Bouillon Conspiracy of the Ducs de Vendôme and de Retz The Duc de Nevers seizes Mézières Recall of M. d'Epernon Marie de Medicis resolves to resign the Regency, but is dissuaded by her Council Treasonable reports Precarious position of the Queen Levy of troops Manifesto of the Prince de Condé Reply of the Regent -Death of the Connétable-Duc de Montmorency -Bassompierre is appointed Colonel-General of the Swiss Guards The march against M. de Condé Marie endeavours to temporize -The price of loyalty The Prince de Condé leaves Paris Christening of the Duc d'Anjou and the Princesse Henriette Marie A temporary calm The Ducs de Vendôme and de Retz excite the Burgundians to revolt The Protestants refuse to join their faction They are compelled to lay down their arms The Prince de Condé marches upon Poitiers The Church "military" The prelate and the populace A governor superseded The Prince is compelled to withdraw to Châtellerault He burns down the episcopal palace The Court proceed to Poitou Their reception The Duc de Vendôme makes his submission The States assemble at Nantes Enormities perpetrated by the troops of M. de Vendôme Folly of that Prince Death of the Prince de Conti A bachelor-Benedict A nom de guerre Majority of Louis XIII The Bed of Justice The assembly of the States-General is deferred The King solicits his mother to retain her authority in the Government Meeting of the States The early years of Louis XIII Charles Albert de Luynes His antecedents His ambition His favour with the young King He is made Governor of Amboise.
This example was shortly followed by the other chiefs of his faction. The Duc de Nevers retired at once to Champagne, the Duc de Mayenne to the Isle of France, and M. de Longueville to Picardy.
"Oh, why does ev'rything have t' go 'n' bust up!" he questioned brokenly, voicing again the eternal protest of youth against an unexpected, pain-dealing shift in Life's program. That time he had run away, she had promised that she would never leave him! had said it with many nevers. "And she ain't ever before stayed out in the evenin' like this," he told himself.
He was employed to kill somebody, and Æsop had assured him that this somebody was Louis, Duke de Nevers. Staupitz had not cared who it was; it was all one to him, but honestly he was troubled now by the patent trouble of Cocardasse and his ominous mutterings about the thrust of Nevers. Passepoil broke the silence, surveying the puzzled faces around him. "No wonder there's such a crowd of us."
A bishop had fallen on his knees before her. Some ladies had sought to buy favours from her for gold. Moreover she had found a refuge with the Sisters of Nevers, who tended the aged in the town asylum, and there she made her first communion, and was with difficulty taught to read and write.
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