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And without waiting longer, the captain sprang from the terrace down the staircase, where he had picked up the fragments of Gourville's letter. Five minutes after, he was at the hostelry, where, according to the custom of all great officers who have lodgings at the castle, he had taken what was called his city-chamber.
Oh! let M. Colbert look to it well, for his lighter is as much exposed as yours to being upset. Both go quickly, his faster than yours, it is true; we shall see which will be wrecked first." Fouquet, taking Gourville's hand "My friend," said he, "everything considered, remember the proverb, 'First come, first served! Well! M. Colbert takes care not to pass me. He is a prudent man is M. Colbert."
Decidedly, Fouquet, you play with misfortune! the game is not a fair one, fortune is against you. The star of Louis XIV. obscures yours; the adder is stronger and more cunning than the squirrel." D'Artagnan picked up one of these morsels of paper as he descended. "Gourville's pretty little hand!" cried he, whilst examining one of the fragments of the note; "I was not mistaken."
My merit consists in being contented, too happy in being able to write you. Remember to save some of M. de Gourville's wine for me. I am lodged with one of the relatives of M. de L'Hermitage, a very honest man, and an exile to England on account of his religion.
"And I am of Gourville's opinion," exclaimed Fouquet, stopping the discussion by the expression of his own opinion, which would necessarily bear down all the others. "A million and a half," Pelisson grumbled out; "now I happen to know an Indian fable " "Tell it to me," said La Fontaine; "I ought to know it too." "Tell it, tell it," said the others.
I do not mind at all the privation; every one seems to me so attached to pleasures which depend entirely upon others, that I find my disposition a gift of the fairies. "I do not know but Mme de Coulanges has already sent you word of our after-dinner conversations at Gourville's about people who have taste above or below their intelligence. Mme.
"Ah! Gourville," she exclaimed as soon as he appeared, "a great misfortune has happened me in consequence of your absence." That settled the matter in de Gourville's mind, his money was gone and he was a pauper. Plunged in mournful reflections, de Gourville dared not raise his eyes to those of his mistress.
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