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This did not displease Agénor; he had a very good recollection of Mme. Picard. "Ah, prince," said Mme. Picard on seeing Agénor, "there is no one for you to-night in my boxes. Mme. de Simiane is not here, and Mme. de Sainte Mesme has rented her box." "That's precisely it. Don't you know the people in Mme. de Sainte Mesme's box?" "Not at all, prince.
"Lorsque j'étois encore cette jeune Pauline," &c. jesting on the annoyance of a lawsuit in which she had to defend her title to the Grignan estates, are still on record. After passing the Château Simiane, the country became wild and singular in parts.
On the 17th of June, while I was at the Carmelites, Madame de Chateau-Thiers came to see me, and said to me, "M. de Simiane is come from the Palais Royal; and he thinks it fit you should know that on your return you will find all the courts filled with the people who, although they do not say anything, will not disperse.
Another lady, who pursued him everywhere, heard that he was at Madame de Simiane's, and immediately begged the latter to permit her to dine with her. Madame de Simiane went to her and said she must be excused for that day, as Mr. Law was to dine with her. Madame de Bouchu replied that it was for this reason expressly she wished to be invited.
As to the road we followed, it was for no sort of flight upon earth that I took it, but simply to gain a wager which that drunken Simiane is furious at having lost." "My son, my son," said the palatine, shaking her head, "you will never believe in danger, and yet you know what your enemies are capable of.
"Then take your kiss, you have won;" and the regent seized the iron bars, climbing behind Simiane, who, active, tall, and slender, was in an instant on the terrace. "But I hope you, at least, will remain, Ravanne?" said the marchioness. "Long enough to claim your stakes," said the young man, kissing the beautiful fresh cheeks of Madame de Sabran.
"What!" said Ravanne, "can you not tell what is falling?" and he also came on to the balcony. "After all," said Simiane, "I am not sure that anything is falling." "He is dead drunk," said the regent. "I!" said Simiane, wounded in his amour propre as a toper, "I dead drunk! Come here, monseigneur, come."
Another lady, who pursued him everywhere, heard that he was at Madame de Simiane's, and immediately begged the latter to permit her to dine with her. Madame de Simiane went to her and said she must be excused for that day, as Mr. Law was to dine with her. Madame de Bouchu replied that it was for this reason expressly she wished to be invited.
Simiane replied that for a long time he had been so in the morning; that to-day there was nothing extraordinary about him, and that I was surprised simply because I did not see him at those hours; that nothing would be seen when he had shaken himself a little in dressing. There was still, however, much to be seen when he came to dress himself.
"Let us break open the door and we will take them on the other side when they jump down." And all that remained of his companions followed him. The others, to the number of five or six, were already making for the Rue St. Honore. "Let us go, monseigneur," said Simiane; "we have not a minute to lose; slide on your back. It is not glorious, but it is safe."
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