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"Look, Antragues, look, Ribeirac," said he, "how they are grouped; it is quite touching; it might be Euryale and Nisus, Damon and Pythias, Castor and . But where is Pollux?" "Pollux is married, so that Castor is left alone." "What can they be doing?" "I bet they are inventing some new starch." "No, gentlemen," said Quelus, "we are talking of the chase."
"Against whom?" "Against your enemies." "Private enmities of young men?" "Oh! sire, that is the expression of vulgar prejudice; speak like a king, sire, not like a bourgeois. Do not profess to believe that Maugiron detests Antragues, that Schomberg dislikes Livarot, that D'Epernon is jealous of Bussy, and that I hate Ribeirac. Oh! no.
"And my companions?" "I will take care of them, as of the king's friends." Antragues wrapped himself in a cloak which his squire handed to him, so that no one might see the blood with which he was covered, and, leaving the dead and wounded, he disappeared through the Porte St. Antoine.
"And here is Ribeirac coming." "Do you hear him?" "I see him. Here, Ribeirac!" "Are you fighting?" cried Ribeirac. "Good morning, Livarot; good morning, Antragues." "Let us charge them," said Antragues. The bourgeois looked in stupefaction at this reinforcement that was about to join the attacking party. "They are a regiment," said the captain of the militia.
"The door has been forced," said Antragues; and seizing the ladder, he was on the balcony in a moment. "What is it?" cried the others, seeing him turn pale. A terrible cry was his only answer. Livarot mounted behind him. "Corpses! death everywhere!" cried he. And they both entered the room. It bore horrible traces of the terrible combat of the previous night.
"I propose for number one, the long square between the chestnuts; it is a fine place." "Agreed." "But the sun? one would be turned to the east." "No," said Bussy, "that is not fair;" and he proposed a new position, which was agreed to. Schomberg and Ribeirac came first. They were the first pair; Quelus and Antragues the second; then Livarot and Maugiron the third.
Antragues struck him with his dagger again and again, but Quelus managed to seize his hands, and twisted round him like a serpent, with arms and legs. Antragues, nearly suffocated, reeled and fell, but on the unfortunate Quelus. He managed to disengage himself, for Quelus' powers were failing him, and, leaning on one arm, gave him a last blow. "Vive le r " said Quelus, and that was all.
"Oh! we had not that trouble; the cowards ran away, we had scarcely time to cross our swords with them." Henri grew pale. "With whom?" said he. "With Antragues?" "On the contrary, he killed a lackey of Quelus's." "Oh!" murmured the king, "here is a civil war lighted up." Quelus started. "It is true," said he. "Ah" said Chicot. "You begin to perceive it, do you?"
"But, my friends cannot I see them?" "Who do you call your friends?" "M. de Monsoreau, M. de Ribeirac, M. Antragues, and M. de Bussy." "Oh, yes, he, of course." "Has he had the misfortune to displease your majesty?" "Yes." "When, sire?" "Always, but particularly to-night." "To-night! what did he do?" "Insulted me in the streets of Paris." "You?" "My followers, which is the same thing."
Henri III. would not receive them; they waited vainly in the gallery. It was MM. Quelus, Maugiron, Schomberg, and D'Epernon who came to announce this news to them, with great politeness, and expressing all the regrets in the world. "Ah, gentlemen," said Antragues, "the news is sad, but, coming from your mouths, it loses half its bitterness."
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