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Marriages of Henri IV Marguerite de Valois Her character Her marriage with the King of Navarre Massacre of Saint Bartholomew Henri, Duc d'Anjou, elected sovereign of Poland Death of Charles IX Accession of Henri III Conspiracy of the Duc d'Alençon Revealed by Marguerite Henry of Navarre escapes from the French Court Henry of Navarre protests against his enforced oath Marguerite is imprisoned by her brother The Duc d'Alençon returns to his allegiance Marguerite joins her husband in Béarn Domestic discord Marriage-portion of Marguerite Court of Navarre Dupin insults the Queen of Navarre Catherine de Medicis induces Marguerite to return to France The Duc d'Alençon again revolts Marguerite arrests a royal courier She is banished with ignominy from the French Court She is deprived of her attendants Henry of Navarre refuses to receive her in the palace Marguerite returns to Agen Her licentiousness Agen is stormed and taken by the Maréchal de Matignon Marguerite escapes to the fortress of Carlat The inhabitants of the town resolve to deliver her up to the French King She is made prisoner by the Marquis de Canillac, and conveyed to Usson She seduces the governor of the fortress Death of the Duc d'Alençon Poverty of Marguerite Accession of Henri IV He embraces the Catholic faith His dissipated habits The Duc de Bouillon heads the Huguenot party Henri IV proceeds to Brittany, and threatens M. de Bouillon Festivities at Rennes Henri IV becomes melancholy He resolves to divorce Marguerite, and take a second wife European princesses Henry desires to marry la belle Gabrielle Sully expostulates Sully proposes a divorce to Marguerite The Duchesse de Beaufort intrigues to prevent the marriage of the King with Marie de Medicis She bribes Sillery Diplomacy of Sillery Gabrielle aspires to the throne of France Her death Marguerite consents to a divorce The Pope declares the nullity of her marriage Grief of the King at the death of Gabrielle Royal pleasures A new intrigue Mademoiselle d'Entragues Her tact Her character A love-messenger Value of a royal favourite Costly indulgences A practical rebuke Diplomacy of Mademoiselle d'Entragues The written promise Mademoiselle d'Entragues is created Marquise de Verneuil.

Heaven be praised for the vent-hole. I will write to Marianna; Margaret shall take the letter with her" "Nay, nay, we can have none of that, Antonio," replied Salvator. "Margaret can be useful to us without being your love-messenger exactly.

The Something seldom reveals its existence until they are parted. I suspect that with not a few, Death is the love-messenger at the stroke of whose dart the stream of love first begins to flow in the selfish bosom. It is now necessary to mention a little break in the monotony of Mrs. Dempster's life, which, but for what came afterwards, could claim no record.

Marriages of Henri IV Marguerite de Valois Her character Her marriage with the King of Navarre Massacre of Saint Bartholomew Henri, Duc d'Anjou, elected sovereign of Poland Death of Charles IX Accession of Henri III Conspiracy of the Duc d'Alençon Revealed by Marguerite Henry of Navarre escapes from the French Court Henry of Navarre protests against his enforced oath Marguerite is imprisoned by her brother The Duc d'Alençon returns to his allegiance Marguerite joins her husband at Béarn Domestic discord Marriage-portion of Marguerite Court of Navarre Dupin insults the Queen of Navarre Catherine de Medicis induces Marguerite to return to France The Duc d'Alençon again revolts Marguerite arrests a royal courier She is banished with ignominy from the French Court She is deprived of her attendants Henry of Navarre refuses to receive her in the palace Marguerite returns to Agen Her licentiousness Agen is stormed and taken by the Marshal de Matignon Marguerite escapes to the fortress of Carlat The inhabitants of the town resolve to deliver her up to the French King She is made prisoner by the Marquis de Canillac, and conveyed to Usson She seduces the governor of the fortress Death of the Duc d'Alençon Poverty of Marguerite Accession of Henri IV He embraces the Catholic faith His dissipated habits The Duc de Bouillon heads the Huguenot party Henri IV proceeds to Brittany, and threatens M. de Bouillon Festivities at Rennes Henri IV becomes melancholy He resolves to divorce Marguerite, and take a second wife European princesses Henry desires to marry la belle Gabrielle Sully expostulates Sully proposes a divorce to Marguerite The Duchesse de Beaufort intrigues to prevent the marriage of the King with Marie de Medicis She bribes Sillery Diplomacy of Sillery Gabrielle aspires to the throne of France Her death Marguerite consents to a divorce The Pope declares the nullity of her marriage Grief of the King at the death of Gabrielle Royal pleasures A new intrigue Mademoiselle d'Entragues Her tact Her character A love-messenger Value of a royal favourite Costly indulgences A practical rebuke Diplomacy of Mademoiselle d'Entragues The written promise Mademoiselle d'Entragues is created Marquise de Verneuil.

I told her you sent me as a love-messenger to her, and that I had taken it upon myself to obtain her consent to a clandestine marriage with you, because you were obliged to set out for Munich this very night, and because you wished to take with you the certainty that she would be yours forever, and that you might have the right of protecting her after God had taken her father from her and made her an orphan.

She had seated herself close beside me at the instrument; I felt her breath fanning my cheek; and as she placed her arm behind me on the chair-back, a white ribbon, getting disengaged from her beautiful ball-dress, fell across my shoulder, where by my singing and Seraphina's soft sighs it was kept in a continual flutter backwards and forwards, like a true love-messenger.

Turks and Moors have I seen many, but negro never." "I am created to obey your Grace's commands, so you will bear me out with my Sovereign for doing so," answered the debonair knight. "Yet, let me assure your Grace you will see something different from what you expect." "So much the better uglier yet than our imaginations can fancy, yet the chosen love-messenger of this gallant Soldan!"