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M. de Carmainges, have you promised anything else to M. de Mayenne than to deliver that letter to his sister?" "No, sire." "No secrecy as to the place where you find her?" "No, sire." "Then I will impose only one condition on you." "I am your majesty's servant." "Deliver your letter, and then come to me at Vincennes, where I shall be this evening." "Yes, sire."
It was time, for the young man seized her in his arms, and his lips touched her mask; but through this mask her eyes darted such a flaming glance that he drew back. "Well," said she, "we shall meet again. Decidedly you please me, M. de Carmainges." Ernanton bowed. "When are you free?" asked she. "Alas! very rarely, madame." "Ah! your service is fatiguing, is it not?" "What service?"
Ernanton, so saying, held out the tablets to the king, who gently put them back. "What did you say, D'Epernon?" said he; "M. de Carmainges is an honest man and a faithful servant?" "What did I say, sire." "Yes; I heard you pronounce the word 'prison. Mordieu! on the contrary, when one meets a man like M. de Carmainges, it is reward we should speak of.
"Then you are in the king's service?" "I have that honor." "And yet you save M. de Mayenne? Permit me to tell you, monsieur, that that is not being a good servant." "I think differently." "Well, perhaps you are right. What is your name?" "Ernanton de Carmainges." "Well, M. Ernanton, what are we to do with this great carcase?" "I will watch over M. de Mayenne, monsieur."
"Oh! less warmth, M. de Carmainges, I beg; it is not worth while," replied she, carelessly. "Perhaps it was only your name that pleased me; perhaps it is a caprice, and will pass away. However, do not think yourself too far from perfection, and begin to despair. I hate perfect people, but I adore devoted ones; remember that." Ernanton was beside himself.
"Oh! oh! we shall see that." "Yes, we shall see." "Monsieur, I have particular business here. Now, if you will have it, I will cross swords with you, but I will not go away." "Monsieur, I am Comte Henri du Bouchage, brother of the Duc de Joyeuse. Once more, will you yield me the place, and go away?" "Monsieur," replied the other, "I am the Vicomte Ernanton de Carmainges.
"Pardieu!" said Chicot, "I must follow those people and learn who they are, and where they are going; I shall at all events draw some solid counsel from my discovery for my friend Carmainges."
"Madame la Duchesse de Montpensier is in love with Monsieur Ernanton de Carmainges; let us watch over this love affair of Madame la Duchesse." And Chicot watched until midnight had long passed, when Ernanton hastened away, his cloak concealing his face, while Madame la Duchesse de Montpensier returned to her litter.
"Now, D'Epernon, no more quarrels," said the king; "and you must at once pardon in this brave fellow what you looked upon as a want of loyalty, but which I regard as a proof of honesty." "Parfandious!" said the duke, changing his expression like a mask, "this trial has done you honor, my dear Carmainges, and you are really a fine fellow is he not, De Loignac?
"But with some one in this street?" "Yes, for the present." "In Heaven's name tell me who it is!" "Ah! M. du Bouchage, you have not reflected on what you are asking me; you know a gentleman cannot reveal a secret, of which only half belongs to him." "It is true; pardon, M. de Carmainges; but, in truth, there is no one so unhappy as I am under heaven."
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