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She was the acknowledged and respected Duchess Ventadour. She was still beautiful, but quite deaf; consequently her voice was loud and coarse, when she believed herself to be whispering. She invited me to read some selections from my new work in her saloon, and I was weak enough to accept the invitation.
The Duchesse de la Ferme, who, through the Duchesse de Ventadour, her sister, had all the entrees as godmother to the King, was at the heels of Boulduc, and turning round to see who was approaching, saw me, and immediately said in a tone neither high nor low, "He is poisoned! he is poisoned!" "Hold your tongue, Madame," said I. "This is terrible."
Chief among her admirers was Bernard de Ventadour, whose verse has received high praise from the poet Petrarch. Of humble birth, he won the interest of the viscount of the castle, who gave him a good education. In those days this training consisted in knowing how to be courteous and well behaved, and how to compose a song and sing it.
His lordship looked at him sharply, and then turned his eye to Madame de Ventadour. "Nay," said Valerie; laughing, "I did not dictate the question." "Yes," said Lord Doningdale, "I have been at Paris." "His Majesty must have been delighted to return your lordship's hospitality." Lord Doningdale looked a little embarrassed, and made no reply, but put his horse into a canter.
"He is what you call /noble/," replied Lord Taunton "that is, what we call a 'gentleman; his name is Maltravers. He lately came of age; and has, I believe, rather a good property." "Monsieur Maltravers; only Monsieur?" repeated Madame de Ventadour.
The charming De Ventadour! she had attraction for them all! smiles for the silent, badinage for the gay, politics for the Frenchman, poetry for the German, the eloquence of loveliness for all! Her dress of black velvet, and graceful hat with its princely plume, contrasted the alabaster whiteness of her arms and neck.
Such a one at Ventadour ran three courses with me betwixt daybreak and sunrise, to the great exaltation of his lady." "And did you slay him also, my lord?" asked Ford with reverence. "I could never learn, for he was carried within the barrier, and as I had chanced to break the bone of my leg it was a great unease for me to ride or even to stand.
Madame de Ventadour was his godmother, and he was baptized at the same time with the first Dauphin, when he received the name of Tillio. He has talent, but he is an intriguer and a knave.
His brother, M. le Duc d'Anjou, who still sucked, was taken ill at the same time, but thanks to the care of the Duchesse de Ventadour, whom in after life he never forgot, and who administered an antidote, escaped, and is now King. Thus three Dauphins died in less than a year, and father, mother, and eldest son in twenty-four days!
After her death, her son Guillemin confessed that she had often told him that the countess had given birth to a son whom Baulieu had carried off, and that the child entrusted to Baulieu at the chateau Saint-Geran was the same as the one recovered; the youth added that he had concealed this fact so long as it might injure his mother, and he further stated that the ladies de Ventadour and du Lude had helped her in prison with money and advice another strong piece of presumptive evidence.
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