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Toligny, for his part, was so pleased with the measures that Charles IX. had taken in favor of the Low Countries in their quarrels with Philip II., and so confident himself of his influence over the king, that when Tavannes was complaining in his presence "that the vanquished should make laws for the victors," Coligny said to his face, "Whoever is not for war with Spain is not a good Frenchman, and has the red cross inside him."
But the King was annoyed, and on top of that came a priest with complaints, and if I may make so bold as to advise you, you will not " But Tavannes fancied that he had caught the gist of the difficulty, and with a nod he moved on; and so he missed the warning which the other had it in his mind to give. A moment and he reached the inner circle, and there halted, disconcerted, nay taken aback.
Then, laying hold of a bar, he tried to drag it out, setting one foot against the wall below. Tavannes saw what he did, and his frame seemed to dilate with the fury and violence of his character. "Dogs!" he shouted, "must I call out my riders and scatter you? Must I flog you through the streets with stirrup-leathers? I am Tavannes; beware of me!
There are not many left in Paris of your faith. But you met one this morning, I know." "I? I met one?" "Yes, Monsieur, you! And can lay your hand on him in five minutes, you know." M. de Tignonville gasped. His face turned a shade paler. "You have a spy," he cried. "You have a spy upstairs!" Tavannes raised his cup to his lips, and drank. When he had set it down
About eleven o'clock the king, who was now very gay, set forth with his three courtiers, namely, Tavannes and the two Gondis. "I'll go and take my little Marie by surprise," said Charles IX. to Tavannes, "as we pass through the rue de l'Autruche." That street being on the way to the rue Saint-Honore, it would have been strange indeed for the king to pass the house of his love without stopping.
As he passed Rochefoucauld, the latter looked up and nodded. "What keeps brother Charles?" he muttered. "He's madder than ever to- night. Is it a masque or a murder he is planning?" "The vapours," Tavannes answered, with a sneer. "Old tales his old nurse has stuffed him withal. He'll come by-and-by, and 'twill be well if you can divert him."
"Ay, I was young then," Tavannes cried in turn, his eyes glistening. "St. Quentin! It was the tenth of August. And you were new with me, and seized my rein " "And we rode off together, my lord of the last, of the last, as God sees me! And striking as we went, so that they left us for easier game." "It was so, good sword! I remember it as if it had been yesterday!"
"I begin to understand." "Precisely, M. le Comte. His Majesty would have sent M. de Nancay. But he elected to go to Chatillon, to seize the young brood there. The Admiral's children, you comprehend." "Whose teeth are not yet grown! He was wise." "To be sure, M. de Tavannes, to be sure.
They could understand that. Of what use crosses, if they were not to kill where there was no cross? Daylight was not plainer. Tavannes' face grew dark, and he shook his finger at the archer who had spoken. "Rogue," he cried, "does the King's will run here only? Are there no other houses to sack or men to kill, that you must beard me? And favour?
We were smitten with terror and apprehension of the great disorders about to be perpetrated." Catherine, who was a timid woman, adds Tavannes, would willingly have recalled her orders, and with that intent hastily despatched a gentleman to the Duke of Guise expressly desiring him to return and attempt nothing against the admiral.
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