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"I have none," said Cinq-Mars, pitying the King; and he slowly left the apartment. He stopped in the first gallery. Fabert and all the gentlemen rose on seeing him. He walked up to the commander, and said: "Sir, order these gentlemen to arrest me!" They looked at each other, without daring to approach him.
Fabert, give your orders; let them be all directed upon the infantry which slowly approaches to surround the King. Haste! save the King!" Immediately the Cardinal's suite, until then sitting erect as so many statues, were in motion.
If we go on in this way, the great stone arm of the citadel will show us its fist a long time yet." The Cardinal, still motionless, said not a single word; he only made a sign to Fabert, who left the group in attendance, and ranged his horse behind that of Richelieu, close to the captain of his guards.
Eliminate the strange prologue of the Revolution, and the Emperor would never have existed; he would have been no more than a second edition of Fabert. Venal beauty, if it finds no amateurs, no celebrity, no cross of dishonor earned by squandering men's fortunes, is Correggio in a hay-loft, is genius starving in a garret.
Rapid phrases succeeded one another on his lips. "We shall soon take Perpignan," he said to Fabert, who stood at some distance. "Well, Cardinal, Lorraine is ours," he added to La Vallette. Then, touching Mazarin's arm: "It is not so difficult to manage a State as is supposed, eh?"
"I have none," said Cinq-Mars, pitying the King; and he slowly left the apartment. He stopped in the first gallery. Fabert and all the gentlemen rose on seeing him. He walked up to the commander, and said: "Sir, order these gentlemen to arrest me!" They looked at each other, without daring to approach him.
"You appear to have lost your equanimity." "But but, Monseigneur, must we not warn Monsieur de Fabert?" "Let him sleep, and go to bed yourself; and you also, Joseph." "Monseigneur, another strange event has occurred the King has arrived." "Indeed, that is extraordinary," said the minister, looking at his watch. "I did not expect him these two hours. Retire, both of you."
Rapid phrases succeeded one another on his lips. "We shall soon take Perpignan," he said to Fabert, who stood at some distance. "Well, Cardinal, Lorraine is ours," he added to La Vallette. Then, touching Mazarin's arm: "It is not so difficult to manage a State as is supposed, eh?"
If we go on in this way, the great stone arm of the citadel will show us its fist a long time yet." The Cardinal, still motionless, said not a single word; he only made a sign to Fabert, who left the group in attendance, and ranged his horse behind that of Richelieu, close to the captain of his guards.
"Well, Sire," said Cinq-Mars, with confidence, "Monsieur and he will explain to you during the hunt how all is prepared, who are the men that may be put in the place of his creatures, who the field-marshals and the colonels who may be depended upon against Fabert and the Cardinalists of Perpignan. You will see that the minister has very few for him.
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