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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?"
"What the devil could my brother mean by 'ambo! Ventre St. Gris, ma mie, it is astonishing that you who know Latin so well have not yet explained it to me. Ah! pardieu! there is 'Turennius' walking under your windows, and looking up as if he expected you. I will call to him to come up; he is very learned, and he will explain it to me." "Sire, sire, be superior to all the calumniators of France."
"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?"
"Very likely," said Chicot; "Latin is such a beautiful language, that all that might go in one sentence." "Go on," said the king. Chicot began again, and Henri listened with the utmost calm to all the passages about Turenne and his wife, only at the word "Turennius," he said: "Does not 'Turennius' mean Turenne?" "I think so, sire."
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