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Landsmath, without dismounting, seized him by the breast of his coat, lifted him up, and threw him into his cart. "M. de Landsmath had a thundering voice. When he came into the King's apartment he found the Dauphin and Mesdames, his Majesty's daughters, there; the Princesses, in tears, surrounded the King's bed.
The poor usher was therefore merely conducted to the gens d'armes' guardroom, which was then in the avenue. "I have often heard M. de Landsmath, equerry and master of the hounds, who used to come frequently to my father's, say that on the news of the attempt on the King's life he instantly repaired to his Majesty.
'Come, said Landsmath, 'your wound is nothing; you had plenty of waistcoats and flannels on. Then uncovering his breast, 'Look here, said he, showing four or five great scars, 'these are something like wounds; I received them thirty years ago; now cough as loud as you can. The King did so.
I will go. The next day the King at his levee, as soon as he perceived Landsmath, said, 'Have you done as I desired you, Landsmath? 'Undoubtedly, Sire. 'Well, what did you see? 'Faith, I saw that your Majesty and I are no great shakes! She requested him to create an office in his household of master of the wardrobe, with a salary of a thousand crowns.
'What's that? said Landsmath, angrily; 'has your Majesty been procuring the certificate of my baptism? 'There it is, you see, Landsmath, said the King. 'Well, Sire, hide it as fast as you can; a prince entrusted with the happiness of twenty-five millions of people ought not wilfully to hurt the feelings of a single individual.
''Tis nothing at all, said Landsmath; 'you must laugh at it; we shall hunt a stag together in four days. 'But suppose the blade was poisoned, said the King. 'Old grandams' tales, replied Landsmath; 'if it had been so, the waistcoats and flannels would have rubbed the poison off. The King was pacified, and passed a very good night. "His Majesty one day asked M. de Landsmath how old he was.
"The King learned that Landsmath had lost his confessor, a missionary priest of the parish of Notre-Dame. It was the custom of the Lazarists to expose their dead with the face uncovered. Louis XV. wished to try his equerry's firmness. 'You have lost your confessor, I hear, said the King.
I will go. The next day the King at his levee, as soon as he perceived Landsmath, said, 'Have you done as I desired you, Landsmath? 'Undoubtedly, Sire. 'Well, what did you see? 'Faith, I saw that your Majesty and I are no great shakes! She requested him to create an office in his household of master of the wardrobe, with a salary of a thousand crowns.
The poor usher was therefore merely conducted to the gens d'armes' guardroom, which was then in the avenue. "I have often heard M. de Landsmath, equerry and master of the hounds, who used to come frequently to my father's, say that on the news of the attempt on the King's life he instantly repaired to his Majesty.
I will go. The next day the King at his levee, as soon as he perceived Landsmath, said, 'Have you done as I desired you, Landsmath? 'Undoubtedly, Sire. 'Well, what did you see? 'Faith, I saw that your Majesty and I are no great shakes! She requested him to create an office in his household of master of the wardrobe, with a salary of a thousand crowns.
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