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"Thus having about him only a few gentlemen and some footmen, he got into his carriage, took his place on the back seat at the left hand side, and made M. d'Epernon sit at the right. Next to him, by the door, were M. de Montbazon and M. de la Force; and by the door on M. d'Epernon's side were Marshal de Lavardin and M. de Crsqui; on the front seat the Marquis of Mirabeau and the first equerry.
"But meanwhile would you have me continue doing as I have done since my flight, passing as something I am not, receiving the protection living on the very bounty of the one person in all the world from whom I should accept nothing? Why, Monsieur, if it were known if no more than the mere truth were told would it not seem to justify the Count de Lavardin?" "I do not ask you to do as you have done.
A severe edict was issued against Courcelles, Lavardin, and Amilly, who had levied troops for the King in the province of Maine, and the commonalty were permitted to meet at the sound of the alarm-bell and to fall foul of all those who had held assemblies without order of Parliament.
When the game is not worth the risk, one can always run away, as I did from Lavardin when the Count's death threw his men into a panic." "Good God!" I cried, giving way to my feelings; "what will move you, then? What do you wish me to do? Shall I humiliate myself to plead for my life? shall I beg mercy? If I must descend to that, I will do so."
I saw them as they came through Chateaudun yesterday afternoon, on their return from this business. We had very little time for talking." "Then you were not with them at Lavardin?" "I with them? Certainly not, Monsieur. Why should I have been with them? No; I have been staying in this part of the country for my own pleasure the past few days: I think of buying some apple orchards near Chateaudun.
"Well, my friend," said the marshal, "with whom is thy business? Dost wish to speak to me?" "Yes," replied the townsman, "I am deputed by the people of St. "Soldiers are more likely to be wanted in Lower Brittany than in any other spot," said a letter to Colbert from the lieutenant general, M. de Lavardin; "it is a rough and wild country, which breeds inhabitants who resemble it.
Madame Elisabeth, the elder Princess, being surrounded by the ladies who were privileged to assist at her levée, the outer coverlet of her bed was withdrawn by the Comtesse de Sault and the Comtesse de Guissen; she was then lifted from it by Madame de Lavardin, undressed by Madame de Randan, and robed in her state costume by the Marquise de Montlor.
The whole hill is moreover pierced with galleries and store-chambers, and served as a refuge in time of war, in which the villagers of Lavardin concealed their goods. The noble ruin of the castle shows that it was once of great majesty. It was battered down by the Huguenots, who for the purpose dragged a cannon to the top of the church tower. Nearer to Vendome is the Chateau of Rochambeau.
Perhaps he is coming after you? Is it not so? He will be here to-morrow, will he not?" Bitterly I shook my head. "Then I am lost," she said, in a whisper of despair. "But that cannot be. It isn't for you to prove your innocence it is for your accuser to prove your guilt. He cannot do that." "You do not know the Count de Lavardin.
Starting with five hundred horse, and ordering Lavardin and Givry to follow with a larger body, while the Dukes of Nevers and Longueville were to move out, should it prove necessary, in force, the king rode forth as merrily as to a hunting party, drove in the scouts and pickets of the confederated armies, and, advancing still farther in his investigations, soon found himself attacked by a cavalry force of the enemy much superior to his own.
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