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I had known in Rome, at Cardinal Acquaviva's, the Abbe de Liancourt, great-grandson of Charles, whose sister, Gabrielle du Plessis, had been the wife of Francois V., but that dated from the beginning of the last century.
I had made a copy from the records of the cardinal of the account of certain circumstances which the Abbe de Liancourt wanted to communicate to the court of Spain, and in which there were a great many particulars respecting the house of Du Plessis.
To cheat! an Englishman! a nobleman! impossible!" "Whether he do or not," returned Vaudemont, in a calmer tone, "I have foregone the vengeance, because he is " "Is what?" "No matter," said Vaudemont aloud, but he added to himself, "Because he is the grandfather of Fanny!" "You are very enigmatical to-day." "Patience, Liancourt; I may solve all the riddles that make up my life, yet.
Liancourt at once approached the Count d'Artois, and said to him in decisive tones: "Prince, your head is threatened by the people. I have with my own eyes seen the poster which announces this fearful proscription." The prince uttered a cry of terror at these words, and stood in the middle of the room like one transfixed. "It is good, if the people think so," he said then, recovering himself.
"Your friend, you see, my dear Monsieur de Liancourt," remarked Lilburne, "is more a man of the world than you are!"
An able engineer officer had pronounced it to be thoroughly defensible; and the Count d'Hervilly, with other officers of proved courage and presence of mind, undertook the arrangement of all the military measures necessary for the safe escort of the entire royal family, which they themselves were willing to conduct, with the aid of some detachments of the Swiss Guards; while the necessary funds were provided by the loyal devotion of the Duke de Liancourt, who placed a million of francs at his sovereign's disposal, and of one or two other nobles who came forward with almost equally lavish offerings.
But at night, the Duke de Liancourt forced his way into the King's bed-chamber, and obliged him to hear a full and animated detail of the disasters of the day in Paris. He went to bed fearfully impressed.
"Your friend, you see, my dear Monsieur de Liancourt," remarked Lilburne, "is more a man of the world than you are!"
There's his address, and take care not to give him money. And now I will order my chaise the matter begins to look worth expense. Oh! I forgot to say that Monsieur Liancourt called on you yesterday about his own affairs. He wishes much to consult you. I told him you would probably be this evening in town, and he said he would wait you at your lodging."
"I believed myself to be loved by your family," cried the King. "What must I do, then, to be loved? And, great God! with what a set I am surrounded!" All these things transpired. Soon we saw the father of the audacious De Liancourt arrive like a man bereft of his wits. He ran to precipitate himself at the feet of the King.
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