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They came to display, in their own persons, whatever was the most accomplished either among the men of the sword, or of the gown. The one was the Marquis de Flamarens, the sad object of the sad elegies of the Countess de la Suse, the other was the president Tambonneau, the most humble and most obedient servant and admirer of the beauteous Luynes.
The chancellor had scarcely time to seek refuge in the Hotel de Luynes; the mob rushed in after him, pillaging and destroying the furniture, whilst the chancellor, flying for refuge into a small chamber, and believing his last hour had come, was confessing to his brother, the Bishop of Meaux. He was not discovered, and the crowd moved off in another direction.
When he had thus convinced himself that the King's powers of endurance had reached their extreme limit, De Luynes and his confederates on one occasion entered his chamber in the evening, but instead of suggesting to the young monarch, according to their usual habit, some method of whiling away the time until he retired to rest, they approached him with a melancholy and almost frightened deportment which at once aroused alike his curiosity and his apprehension.
"M. de Luynes has naught wherewith to reproach himself, nor have I. Those details which he has given me I may not impart to you; suffice it, however, that I am satisfied that his conduct could not have been other than it was, whereas that of my son reflects but little credit upon his name." She stamped her foot, and her eyes, blazing with anger, passed from one to the other of us.
"And yet," interposed De Luynes gaily, "never, in so far as I can judge, did fortune show herself more favourable to your Majesty." "What mean you?" asked Louis, roused for an instant from his usual apathy. "Oh! it is a long tale, and a strange one," said the favourite.
That is what the Duke of Luynes attempted to do; to all the towns to which Henry IV. had bound himself by the edict of Nantes, he made a promise of preserving to them their religious liberties, and he called upon them at the same time to remain submissive and faithful subjects of the sovereign kingship. La Rochelle, Montauban, Saumur, Sancerre, Charite-sur-Loire, and St.
Because it is not to be expected that one who fastens quarrels upon schoolboys would evince the courage to beard Gaston de Luynes." "Monsieur!" the four of them cried in chorus, so loudly that the hum of voices in the tavern became hushed, and all eyes were turned in our direction.
You are, I believe, the nephew of Albert de Luynes. Do you forget the Marshal d'Ancre?" I felt the blood of anger hot in my face as I made haste to answer him: "There are many of us, Monseigneur, who have cause to blush for the families they spring from more cause, mayhap, than hath Gaston de Luynes."
With a gesture he restrained Montmedy and St. Auban. "I shall be happy to give Master de Luynes all the proof of my courage that he may desire, and more, I warrant, than he will relish." "Bravely answered!" I cried, with an approving nod and a beaming smile. "Be good enough to lead the way to a convenient spot." "I have other business at the moment," he answered calmly. "Let us say to-morrow at "
M. de Luynes imparted to his colleagues what was in preparation, and warned them that they would be asked for their names in order that the white sheep might be separated from the scarlet goats. A murmur which seemed to be unanimous arose. These generous manifestations did honor to the Representatives of the Right. "No! no!
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