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Trial of the conspirators Pusillanimity of the Comte d'Auvergne Arrogant attitude assumed by Madame de Verneuil She refuses to offer any defence Defence of the Comte d'Entragues The two nobles are condemned to death Madame de Verneuil is sentenced to imprisonment for life in a convent A mother's intercession The King commutes the sentence of death passed on the two nobles to exile from the Court and imprisonment for life Expostulations of the Privy Council Madame de Verneuil is permitted to retire to her estate Disappointment of the Queen Marriage of the Due de Rohan Singular ceremony A tilt at the Louvre Bassompierre is dangerously wounded His convalescence Death of Clement VIII Election of Leo XI His sudden death Election of Paul V The Comte d'Entragues is authorised to return to Marcoussis Madame de Verneuil is pardoned and recalled Marriage of the Prince de Conti Mademoiselle de Guise Marriage of the Prince of Orange The ex-Queen Marguerite She arrives in Paris Gratitude of the King Her reception Murder at the Hôtel de Sens Execution of the criminal Marguerite removes to the Faubourg St.
"Did you know, Princess, that it was France who was to assist us?" "Certainly I knew it," replied she, with feigned astonishment. "Count d'Entragues himself offered me the assistance of France, and you gave me full powers to conclude all arrangements." "It is true, so I did," murmured the Prince.
With a glance at the lady which was meant to be lovelorn, but which must have been extremely languid in my exhausted state, I said, "You see, Madam, that I am not the more obstinate of the two." A dish of soup was served to us, but d'Entragues, who was in the last stage of exhaustion, had no sooner swallowed the soup than he fell from his chair in a dead faint.
"For three of them, I will, sire," I answered firmly. "The fourth I do not know." "He is Auvergne's half-brother." "M. Louis d'Entragues?" I muttered. "Lately returned, I think, from service in Savoy? I do not know him, sire. To-morrow I may be able to answer for him." "And to-day? What am I to do to-day?"
It was the period of his first flush of prosperity, when he drove about in a hired carriage resplendent with the d'Entragues coat of arms, which cost him five hundred francs a month; had a majestic coachman in fine livery and a Tom Thumb groom; sported himself in gorgeous garments and strutted about in the Opera foyer, amidst the real or feigned admiration of his fellows.
Henri was as a man who is mad with grief; he was inconsolable.. None dared even to approach him with words of pity and comfort. For eight days he shut himself in a black-draped room, himself clothed in black; and he wrote to his sister, "The root of my love is dead; there will be no Spring for me any more." Three months later he was making love to Gabrielle's successor, Henriette d'Entragues!
The fair Madame Saxe gave me a glance of contempt and left us, but Madame d'Urfe, who believed I was infallible, avenged me by saying to d'Entragues, in a tone of the profoundest conviction, "O Lord! I pity you, sir." The company did not return after supper, and we were left alone to our play. We played on all the night, and I observed my antagonist's face as closely as the cards.
"Stand up, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg!" she cried imperiously, and with angry glance. "Now answer me, will you accept the help of France, and flee with me?" He turned away from her with a deep sigh. "No, I shall not accept the help of France." "Count d'Entragues," said the Princess, with shrill, quivering voice, "you are a gentleman; I place myself under your protection.
Neither he nor his valets would believe what the cook said, but nevertheless Crenan hurriedly dressed himself, went out, and was only too soon convinced that it was true. At the same time, by a piece of good luck, which proved the saving of Cremona, a regiment under the command of D'Entragues, drew up in battle array in one of the public places.
D'Entragues was a bold and skilful soldier, with a great desire to distinguish himself. He wished to review this regiment, and had commenced business before the dawn. While the light was still uncertain and feeble, and his battalions were under arms, he indistinctly perceived infantry troops forming at the end of the street, in front of him.
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