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Harley had drawn his hat over his brows, and his eyes were fixed on the ground, so that he did not see the group upon which he came unawares, until Audley's voice startled him from his revery. "My dear Harley," said the ex-minister, with a faint smile, "you must not pass us by, now that you have a moment of leisure from the cares of the election.
This man gave a large dinner-party in honour of the Danish ex-Minister, to which, amongst others, all the Swedish and Norwegian Ministers in Stockholm were invited. But what highly astonished me, and was in reality most out of keeping in such a circle, was the tone that the conversation at table gradually assumed, and especially the obscenity of the subjects of conversation.
"And you really think him a trifle better?" said the ex-minister. "Oh, yes, better certainly better but I am afraid he will hardly get back to work this session the doctors talk of sending him away at once." "Ah, well," said the other, smiling, "we don't intend it seems to let you send anything important up to the Lords yet awhile, so there will be time for him to recruit."
A cold correspondence Increasing influence of the Marquis d'Ancre Animosity between the Duc d'Epernon and Concini Disunion of the Princes de Guise and de Lorraine Renewed dissensions between M. de Bellegarde and the Marquis d'Ancre They are reconciled by the Comte de Soissons Marriage of the Duc de Guise Jealousy of M. de Soissons Quarrel between the Prince de Conti and the Comte de Soissons Mission of the Duc de Guise A new rupture Intervention of the Duc de Mayenne Alarm of the Regent Sully leaves Paris Madame de Sully Retirement of M. de Thou Unpopularity of the Duc d'Epernon Marie de Medicis endeavours to reconcile the Princes The royal closet The Protestants prepare for the General Assembly The Prince de Condé retires to Guienne The Duc d'Epernon is charged to watch his movements Arrogance of Concini Concini seeks to marry his daughter to a son of the Comte de Soissons Indignation of the Prince Cunning of Concini Bouillon returns to Court He offers his services to the Regent at the General Assembly He proceeds to Saumur He desires to be appointed President of the Assembly He is rejected in favour of M. du Plessis-Mornay He attributes his defeat to Sully He resolves to conciliate the ex-Minister of Finance Meeting of the Assembly The Court determines to dissolve the meeting Prudence of Du Plessis-Mornay Death of M. de Créquy The Marquis d'Ancre succeeds to the government of Amiens His insolent disregard of the royal prerogative Indignation of the ministers The Regent resents his impertinence She refuses to receive Madame d'Ancre Intrigues of the Princesse de Conti The favourites forgiven Marie de Medicis issues several salutary edicts Court festivities The Duchesse de Lorraine arrives at Fontainebleau Death of the Duc de Mayenne Death of the Queen of Spain The Duchesse de Lorraine claims the hand of Louis XIII for her daughter Death of the Duc d'Orléans Departure of the Duchesse de Lorraine Rival claims M. de Brèves appointed preceptor to the Duc d'Anjou The Comte de Soissons applies for the duchy of Alençon Rebuke of the Regent A hunting-party A new cabal Recall of the Maréchal de Lesdiguières Marie de Medicis purchases the Hôtel de Luxembourg.
Allusions have been made to Senator Fessenden of Maine, ex-Minister Motley, General Dix, ex-Secretary Stanton, and Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. Without disparaging in any degree his assumed competitors, the last-named gentleman is unquestionably preeminently fitted for the place. He has had a lifelong education for it.
Now out of office, the ex-minister was again bold in words, but Rizal for one was not again to be deceived by them. The propaganda carried on by his countrymen in the Peninsula did not seem to Rizal effective, and he found his suggestions were not well received by those at its head.
For, though sure of Egerton's return, they regarded Randal's as out of the question. He was merely there to keep split votes from going to the opposite side; to serve his patron, the ex-minister; shake the paws, and smell the smells which the ex-minister was too great a man to shake and to smell. But, in point of fact, none of that Blue Committee knew anything of the prospects of the election.
The bon mot uttered by the President of the Council, although spoken loudly enough, did not enliven any one, neither his colleagues who felt themselves threatened nor his usual claqueurs who felt themselves vanquished. Navarrot, the ministerial claqueur, was already applauding Granet most enthusiastically. Monsieur le Ministre felt himself about to become an ex-minister.
The man who uttered the words was an ex-Minister of the Empire, the Comte de L , a thorough profligate, it was said, and a very accomplished gentleman. A group of young men were listening to him. He went on: "I was outwitted by an ordinary uneducated woman in a comic and thorough-going fashion. I will tell you about it for your instruction.
And the ex-minister was no longer looking over official documents; letters spread open before him of far different nature; in his hand there lay a long lock of fair silken hair, on which his eyes were fixed sadly and intently.
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