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Updated: June 16, 2025
These proceedings were eagerly devoured by the eyes of Montalais and Malicorne, who mutually exchanged their observations on the subject. De Guiche, standing within the embrasure of one of the windows, saw no one but Madame. But as Madame, on her side, frequently glanced at La Valliere, De Guiche's eyes, following Madame's, were from time to time cast upon the young girl.
It so happened that, considering the awkwardness of the interruption, Madame, notwithstanding her wounded pride, and secret anger, could not, for the moment at least, reproach Montalais for having violated, in so bold a manner, the semi-royal order with which she had been dismissed on De Guiche's entrance.
"What do you mean by saying it is singular?" "That it is very unlike Monsieur de Guiche's disposition." "You do not doubt my word, I suppose?" "Hum! hum!" "You do doubt it, then?" "A little. But I shall doubt it more than ever, I warn you, if I find the poor fellow is really dead." "Monsieur Manicamp!" "Monsieur de Wardes!" "It seems you intend to insult me." "Just as you please.
And while he yielded to the pressure of De Guiche's arm, he remained in the flower-garden adjoining the chateau. "Well," said De Guiche, resigning himself, "lead me where you like, and ask me what you please." "It is impossible to be more agreeable than you are."
The repast finished, Buckingham darted forward to hand Madame Henrietta from the table; but this time it was De Guiche's turn to give the duke a lesson. "Have the goodness, my lord, from this moment," said he, "not to interpose between her royal highness and myself.
"I!" exclaimed the princess, with a gesture of indescribable irony; "I! and by what title, may I ask?" "Because you detest injustice, Madame." "And according to your account, then, it would be an injustice to prevent the king arranging his love affairs as he pleases." "You will intercede, however, in M. de Guiche's favor?" "You are mad, monsieur," said the princess, in a haughty tone of voice.
She leaned over the young man, gazed earnestly, fixedly at his pale, cold face, which she almost touched, then imprinted a rapid kiss upon De Guiche's left hand, who, trembling as if an electric shock had passed through him, awoke a second time, opened his large eyes, incapable of recognition, and again fell into a state of complete insensibility.
The Duc de Cazes, who came in to the Duchesse de Guiche's box, was enthusiastic in his praises of Mademoiselle Taglioni, and said hers was the most poetical style of dancing he had ever seen. Another observed, that it was indeed the poetry of motion. I would describe it as being the epic of dancing.
"On the contrary, Madame, I know M. de Guiche to be very patient, and never susceptible or irritable except upon very good grounds." "But is not friendship a just ground?" said the princess. "Oh, certainly, Madame; and particularly for a heart like his." "Very good; you will not deny, I suppose, that M. de Bragelonne is M. de Guiche's good friend?" "A great friend."
It was that of the Chevalier de Lorraine. About three o'clock in the afternoon the chevalier entered De Guiche's rooms. His looks were of the most reassuring character. "Monsieur," said he to De Guiche, "was in an excellent humor, and no none could say that the slightest cloud had passed across the conjugal sky. Besides, Monsieur was not one to bear ill-feeling."
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