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'The King my master, replied Keppel, with a glance at the Dey's hairy countenance, 'does not measure wisdom by the length of the beard, or he would have sent a he-goat to confer with your Highness. The Dey raged at this bold repartee, and began to speak of bowstrings and the ministers of death.
'Tis true I laugh at Horry Walpole, for in this town we laugh at everything, from the Almighty to Kitty Fisher; but I have a kindness for him and for Maria, and had sooner they triumphed than another. 'Tis not so with the town. O Kitty, the jealousy and malice! 'Twould take fifty letters to tell you the talk, from the Court down. Well, Her Royal Highness gave me her hand to kiss, very gracious.
His "Royal Highness" had behaved ill about his marriage, for he should not have acted without the King's knowledge, and every such approach to a foreign sovereign made by an heir apparent is a criminal act.
I added that it was only against this sort of people that I armed; that there was so little comparison between a private gentleman and his Highness that five hundred men were less to the Prince than a single lackey to me. The Duke, who owned I was in the right, went to the Queen to represent to her the evil consequences that would inevitably attend such measures.
At the castle doors the two met their first obstacle, but they had anticipated its presence Two guards halted them peremptorily. "We must see Her Royal Highness," said Anguish, but the men could not understand him. They stoically stood their ground, shaking their heads.
Then he addressed the prince and said: "According to what your highness states, he who seeks religion must seek it rightly; but this is not the fitting time for you; your royal father, old and of declining years, thinking of you his son, adds grief to grief; you say indeed, 'I find my joy in rescue.
"On the contrary, I am deeply interested," I assured her. "Pray continue." Her glance wandered eagerly across the table, but she got no encouragement from the Ambassador. "Your Highness is very gracious," she said, "and, sometime, if you are so minded, I shall gladly show you the late reports from the London Society."
"Ah! monseigneur," replied De Guiche, "show a little charity towards such a miserable fellow as I am: do not hold me up to the ridicule of the Chevalier de Lorraine." "How do you mean?" "If he hears you ridicule me, he will go beyond your highness, and will show no pity." "About your passion and the princess, do you mean?" "For mercy's sake, monseigneur."
"The first time I went to the States, it was on my private affairs; I had no order from any one to treat with the Prince of Parma. His Highness, having accidentally heard, however, that I resided in England, expressed a wish to see me. I had an interview with the Prince.
"Make Captain Laurence wind for you an hour each morning, and in a little while you will be able to knit your own stockings." "By gad," said his Highness, "that is a good idea. Will you teach me? Often when I was at Constantinople and also at sea I wished I had something to help the time to pass besides stupid books!" He glanced about him at the crowded shelves.
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