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Then you told him the purport of the letter?" "It was to him it was addressed." "And did he seem to understand?" "Only two words." "What were they?" "Turennius et Margota." "Turennius et Margota?" "Yes; those two words were in the letter." "Then what did he do?" "He sent me to you, madame." "To me?"
Ah! those were the names, madame 'Margota cum Turennio." Marguerite grew crimson. "Calumnies, sire!" cried she. "What calumnies?" replied he, with the most natural air possible. "Do you find any calumny in it? It is a passage from my brother's letter 'Margota cum Turennio conveniunt in castello nomine Loignac! Decidedly I must get this letter translated."
"And 'Margota' must be the pet name which my brothers gave to their sister Marguerite, my beloved wife." "It is possible," said Chicot; and he continued his letter to the end without the king's face changing in the least. "Is it finished?" asked Henri, when he stopped. "Yes, sire." "It ought to be superb." "I think so, also, sire."
"How unlucky that I only understood two words, 'Turennius' and 'Margota." "An irreparable misfortune, sire, unless your majesty decides on having it translated by some one." "Oh! no; you yourself, M. Chicot, who were so discreet in destroying the autograph, you would not counsel me to make this letter public?"
"Well, there was that word in the letter 'Margota cum Turennio, ambo nocentes, conveniunt in castello nomine Loignac. Mon Dieu! how I regret that my knowledge is not as great as my memory is good." "Ambo nocentes," repeated Marguerite, in a low voice, and turning very pale, "he understood it all." "Margota cum Turennio, ambo nocentes," repeated Henri.
"I do not know; all I do know is, that she wishes to quit the room of the maids of honor." "If she wishes to hide, let her not count on me. I may shut my eyes to certain things, but I will never be an accomplice," said Marguerite. Henri seemed not to have heard, but he stood for a minute in a thoughtful attitude, and then said, "Margota cum Turennio.
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