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She interrupted me by saying she had a perfect recollection that the late king intended and understood that we were to pay the Third to England, and had talked with her very seriously on the subject. If he were living, he would think it very strange, she said, that we refused; and so on. "Soissons, too, pretends to remember perfectly that such were the King's intentions.
"Well, sire, I do not regret my visit, since I have had the pleasure of finding my king so well disposed toward us; but I will allow that it was needless." "Oh! there is always something to do in Paris." "Yes, sire; but we have our business at Soissons." "What business, duke?" "Your majesty's, sire."
By listening to the gossip round him, he learned that one dark handsome man among the latter was Alphonso d'Ornano, often called the Corsican Captain. A second was M. d'O, the Governor of Paris; a third, the Count of Soissons.
The Allied line was being flung out in wild curves and swoops like the flight of a dove before a hawk; from Soissons up toward Calais they fenced and circled. They retook Rheims, they seized Amiens. Lille fell from them and Laon. The battle of the Aisne passed by slow degrees out of their hands, and the English found themselves fighting their extraordinary first fight for Ypres.
A battle, as severe in its hand-to-hand struggle and toll of life as Fredericksburg or Antietam, in the American Civil War yet in this vast conflict only an incident, chronicled as "progress" in the official reports such was the battle of Soissons. It was the most terrific and the most bitterly contested of the great war up to date, January 8.
Court festivities Madame de Verneuil is lodged in the palace She gives birth to a daughter Royal quarrels Mademoiselle de Guise Italian actors Revolt at Metz Henry proceeds thither and suppresses the rebellion Discontent of the Duc d'Epernon The Duchesse de Bar and the Duc de Lorraine arrive in France Illness of Queen Elizabeth of England Her death Indisposition of the French King Sully at Fontainebleau Confidence of Henri IV in his wife His recovery Renewed passion of Henry for Madame de Verneuil Anger of the Queen Quarrel of the Comte de Soissons and the Duc de Sully The edict Treachery of Madame de Verneuil Insolence of the Comte de Soissons A royal rebuke Alarm of Madame de Verneuil Hopes of the Queen Jealousy of the Marquise The dinner at Rosny The King pacifies the province of Lower Normandy The Comte de Soissons prepares to leave the kingdom Is dissuaded by the King Official apology of Sully Reception of Alexandre-Monsieur into the Order of the Knights of Malta Death of the Duchesse de Bar Grief of the King The Papal Nuncio Treachery near the throne A revelation The Duc de Villeroy A stormy audience Escape of L'Hôte His pursuit His death Ignominious treatment of his body Madame de Verneuil asserts her claim to the hand of the King The Comte d'Auvergne retires from the Court Madame de Verneuil requests permission to quit France Reply of the King Indignation of Marie The King resolves to obtain the written promise of marriage Insolence of the favourite Weakness of Henry He asks the advice of Sully Parallel between a wife and a mistress A lame apology The two Henrys Reconciliation between the King and the favourite Remonstrances of Sully A delicate dilemma Extravagance of the Queen The "Pot de Vin" The royal letter Evil influences Henry endeavours to effect a reconciliation with the Queen Difficult diplomacy A temporary calm Renewed differences A minister at fault Mademoiselle de la Bourdaisière Mademoiselle de Bueil Jealousy of Madame de Verneuil Conspiracy of the Comte d'Auvergne Intemperance of the Queen Timely interference Confidence accorded by the Queen to Sully A dangerous suggestion Sully reconciles the royal couple Madame de Verneuil is exiled from the Court She joins the conspiracy of her brother The forged contract Apology of the Comte d'Entragues Promises of Philip of Spain to the conspirators Duplicity of the Comte d'Auvergne He is pardoned by the King His treachery suspected by M. de Loménie D'Auvergne escapes to his government Is made prisoner and conveyed to the Bastille His self-confidence A devoted wife The requirements of a prisoner Hidden documents The treaty with Spain The Comtesse d'Entragues Haughty demeanour of Madame de Verneuil The mistress and the minister Mortification of Sully Marriage of Mademoiselle de Bueil Henry embellishes the city of Paris and undertakes other great national works.
The most licentious women, so she told me, had distinguished themselves by pious exercises during the observance of the jubilee. She informed me that the Comtesse de Soissons, the Princesse de Monaco, Madame de Soubise, and five or six virtuous dames of this type, had given gold, silver, and enamelled lamps to the most notable churches of the capital.
A hundred and fifty years later than this, there were so many wandering bishops in Gaul, that a synod held in this very diocese of Soissons declared that wandering bishops must not ordain priests; but that if any priests thus ordained were good priests, they should be reordained.
The multitude, that up to this moment had been struggling and contending together for place and passage, suddenly grew breathless with expectation, when a second fanfare rang out upon the air; and, when its clang had died away, one of the black-robed beadles cried out in a loud voice: "We, the appointed magistrate of the venerable city of Paris, hereby do summon the Countess Olympia de Soissons, Princess of Carignan, widow of the most high the Count de Soissons, Prince Royal of Bourbon, and Prince of Carignan, to appear within three days before our tribunal, at the town-hall of our good city of Paris."
Something new with regard to the fortune-teller must have transpired, for Louvois had considered her arrest as an ill-omen for the Countess de Soissons. Not only for Olympia, however, was the arrest of Catherine a calamity, for she was the trusty counsellor of many a noble lady who, before suspicion had sullied her name, had been the dear and intimate associate of the Marquise de Brinvilliers.
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