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"An excellent example, for, as a matter of fact, that sword was used in that fashion by me, and I saw in my sleep the death of its owner, who perished in a brisk skirmish, which I have been unable to identify, but which occurred at the time of the wars of the Frondists.
Such great, good, and brilliant women as the Countess of Maure, Mlle. de Vandy, Anne de Rohan, Mme. de Brégy, Mme. de Hautefort, Mme. de Longueville, Mme. de Sévigné, Mme. de La Fayette, and Mme. de Sablé were inmates of Port-Royal, or its friends and constant visitors. Port-Royal may have been the cause of the civil war waged by the Frondists against the government.
"No, let us belong to no party, but remain friends; let us be neither Cardinalists nor Frondists." "Adieu, then." And D'Artagnan poured out a glass of wine. "To old times," he said. "Yes," returned Aramis. "Unhappily, those times are past." "Nonsense! They will return," said D'Artagnan. "At all events, if you want me, remember the Rue Tiquetonne, Hotel de la Chevrette."
"Guess; I give you a thousand chances." "How should I know where the most beautiful and active of the Frondists was at midnight? for I presume it was when you left me that you went to visit her." "At the Hotel de Ville, my dear fellow." "What! at the Hotel de Ville? Has she, then, been appointed provost of merchants?"
"Add Monsieur d'Artagnan, my lord. We still remain four friends devoted to each other; but when it becomes a question of serving the cardinal or of fighting him, of being Mazarinists or Frondists, then we are only two." "Is Monsieur Aramis with D'Artagnan?" asked Lord de Winter. "No," said Athos; "Monsieur Aramis does me the honor to share my opinions."
"Yes, 'tis too true," said Comminges, "'tis almost a prison; but what a singular fancy this is of yours, count you, who are the very flower of our nobility to squander your valor and loyalty amongst these upstarts, the Frondists! Really, count, if ever I thought that I had a friend in the ranks of the royal army, it was you.
The contracts were signed and all was in readiness when Mazarin was exiled, and the following Frondists came into power: the Duke of Orléans at court, Condé and Turenne at the head of the army, Châteauneuf in the Cabinet, Molé in Parliament, while Mme. de Chevreuse and Mme. de Longueville managed to keep harmony among all.
During the Fronde she remained faithful to the queen and Mazarin, but did not become estranged from her friends, so many of whom were Frondists, and who chose her as their counsellor, arbitrator, and pacifier. About 1655 she began to realize her unsettled position in the world and to long for a place where she might, modestly and becomingly, spend her declining years.
"What is the matter with you, my friend?" asked the latter. "I have doubtless I am dreaming; tell me, sir," he said to the sergeant, "do you know those three gentlemen who are just gone out?" "Only by their passports; they are three Frondists, who are gone to rejoin the Duc de Longueville." "'Tis strange," said Aramis, almost involuntarily; "I fancied that I recognized Mazarin himself."
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