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It was acted at Paris with unanimous applause, and again represented at the magnificent entertainment given by the superintendent of finances, Fouquet, to Louis XIV. and his splendid court. "L'École des Femmes" was Molière's next work of importance. It is a comedy of the highest order.
M. Fouquet held the stirrup of the king, who, having dismounted, bowed most graciously, and more graciously still held out his hand to him, which Fouquet, in spite of a slight resistance on the king's part, carried respectfully to his lips.
"Infamous!" murmured Madame de Belliere, tortured by her friend's merciless delight. "M. Fouquet, I should think, must certainly have four millions," she replied, courageously. "If he has those which the king requires to-day," said Marguerite, "he will not, perhaps, possess those which the king will demand in a month or so." "The king will exact money from him again, then?"
"Oh! monsieur, excuse me; D'Artagnan has a high respect for his word, and where that is once engaged he keeps it." "What do you conclude, then?" said Fouquet, with great inquietude. "At present, the principal thing is to parry a dangerous blow." "And how is it to be parried?" "Listen." "But D'Artagnan will come and render an account to the king of his mission."
He, had left Lauzun a young man, dawning at the Court, introduced by the Marechal de Grammont, well received at the house of the Comtesse de Soissons, which the King never quitted, and already looked upon favourably. The prisoners, who had become intimate with Lauzun, persuaded him to allow himself to be drawn up through their hole, in order to see Fouquet in their dungeon.
Fouquet had hardly time to recover himself during the drive; on his arrival he went at once to Aramis, who had not yet retired for the night.
Yes madame," said Fouquet, with a lofty air that did not escape the king. "Accept, then, and thank him," insisted Anne of Austria. "What says M. Fouquet?" asked Louis XIV. "Does your majesty wish to know my opinion?" "Yes." "Thank him, sire " "Ah!" said the queen. "But do not accept," continued Fouquet. "And why not?" asked the queen.
"Ah! now you begin to frighten me in earnest," said Fouquet, laughing; "if any one is well informed, or ought to be well informed, it is the person you name." "Do not speak ill of poor Marguerite, Monsieur Fouquet, for she still loves you." "Bah! indeed? That is scarcely credible.
Nay, it appears there was a further complication; for in the narrative of the first of these documents, it is mentioned that he passed himself off upon Fouquet, the barber-surgeon, as one Michel Mouton. M. Longnon has a theory that this unhappy accident with Sermaise was the cause of Villon's subsequent irregularities; and that up to that moment he had been the pink of good behaviour.
The discussion had been religiously listened to, and Fouquet himself, scarcely able to suppress his laughter, had given an example of moderation. But with the denouement of the scene he threw off all restraint, and laughed aloud. Everybody laughed as he did, and the two philosophers were saluted with unanimous felicitations.
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