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"Judge of it!" cried Bussy. And with the hilt of his sword he struck him on the temple. Quelus fell under the blow. Then furious wild, he rushed forward, uttering a terrible cry. D'O and D'Epernon drew back, Maugiron was raising Quelus, when Bussy broke his sword with his foot, and wounded the right arm of D'Epernon.
D'Epernon began to laugh. "That poor duchess; what things are attributed to her!" "Less than she projects, monsieur." "And she occupies herself with that at Soissons?" "No; she is in Paris." "In Paris!" "I can answer for it." "Have you seen her?" "Yes." "You thought you did?" "I have had the honor of speaking to her." "The honor." "I am wrong; the misfortune."
"If, sire, you will only give me time to remodel my dress," said D'Epernon. "Go to my room, D'Epernon; my valet de chambre will give you what you want." "And I, sire, must have a bath," said Schomberg. "Go to my bath." "Then I may hope, sire, that my insult will not remain unavenged." Henri remained silent a moment, and then said, "Quelus, ask if M. d'Anjou has returned to the Louvre."
Camille at Compiègne, whence they were removed under the guard of the Ducs d'Epernon and de Bellegarde, his former favourites; the etiquette in such an emergency not permitting the inhumation of the recently deceased King in the vaults of the royal abbey until his predecessor should have occupied his appointed place.
His example was followed by the whole of his family, as well as by the Cardinal de Joyeuse and the Due de Bellegarde; and thus the unfortunate Regent was suddenly deprived of all her friends with the sole exception of the Duc d'Epernon, who, either from an excess of pride which would not permit him to humble himself so far as to induce him to pay his court to the Princes from whom he had received so many and such bitter mortifications, or from the state of indisposition under which he was at that period labouring, refused to take any share in the intrigues of the Court.
After that the Marshal besieged the city in form, which, despairing of succour from Spain, was forced to capitulate upon the following terms: That a general pardon should be granted to all who had taken up arms and treated with Spain, that all the soldiers should be disbanded except those whom the King had a mind to keep in his pay, that Madame la Princesse and the Duke should be at liberty to reside either in Anjou or at Mouzon, with no more than two hundred foot and sixty horse, and that M. d'Epernon should be recalled from the government of Guienne.
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.
Antragues comprehended his danger; he had not the least wound, but he began to feel tired, so he pushed aside Quelus' sword and jumped over a barrier; but at the same moment, Maugiron attacked him behind; Antragues turned, and Quelus profited by this movement to get under the barrier. "He is lost!" thought Chicot. "Vive le roi!" cried D'Epernon. "Silence, if you please, monsieur," said Antragues.
"Send your men, and he will use them." "But I must know who it is." "I will show you in the morning." "Where?" "At the Louvre." "Then he is noble?" "Yes:" "Aurilly, you shall have the six thousand crowns." "Then it is settled?" "Irrevocably." "At the Louvre, then?" "Yes, at the Louvre." We have seen in the preceding chapter how Aurilly said to D'Epernon, "Be easy, Bussy will not fight to-morrow."
As we have already stated, Concini had, although less openly, followed the same course; but, in the first instance, he had skilfully effected a reconciliation with his wife, and induced her to assist him in his endeavour to weaken the extraordinary influence which the Duc d'Epernon and the Guises were rapidly acquiring over the Regent, who willingly forgot, amid the constant amusement and adulation with which they surrounded her, the cares and anxieties of government.
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