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"Well, then, monsieur le comte, if you wish the king to be a little more satisfied the next time he comes " "'Ventre saint-gris! as his grandfather used to say; of course I wish it." "Well, all you have to do is, when the king comes to-morrow, to be obliged to go away on a most pressing matter of business, which cannot possibly be postponed, and stay away for twenty minutes."
Would to Heaven, Rosny, that I had followed your advice on her arrival, and compelled the mischievous cabal to recross the Alps; but it is now too late for such regrets; and if you can indeed succeed in inducing the Queen to become more amenable to my wishes, and more indulgent to my errors, Ventre Saint-Gris! you will effect a good work, in which I shall be ready to second you.
'Ventre Saint-Gris! exclaimed the King, 'he is the very demon of the piece, who carved your face, stole your wife, and had nearly shot your daughter. 'The more need of his repentance, Sire, and without a priest he will not try to repent. I have promised him one. 'A bold promise! said Henry. 'Have you thought how our good friends here are likely to receive a priest of Baal into the camp?
With these and a good coffee-house and a playhouse, I think I could make shift to lead a simple pastoral life for some months. 'In the country, said I, laughing, 'we have ever the feeling that the true life of mankind, with the growth of knowledge and wisdom, are being wrought out in the towns. 'Ventre Saint-Gris! It was little knowledge or wisdom that I acquired there, he answered.
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