"That''s it!" cried the king; "to him, no doubt. Cardinal, I must have the queen''s papers."
"But how to take them, sire? It ems to me that it is her your Majesty nor mylf who bsp;charge himlf with subsp;a mission."
"How did they absp;with regard to the Marechale d''Ancre?" cried the king, in the highest state of choler; "first her clots were thhly arched, and then she herlf."
"The Marechale d''Anbsp;was no more than the Marechale d''Ancre. A Florentine adventurer, sire, and that was all; while the august spou of your Majesty is Anne of Austria, Queen of Frahat is to say, one of the greatest princess in the world."
"She is not the less guilty, Monsieur Duke! The more she has fotten the high position in whibsp;she was placed, the more degrading is her fall. Besides, I long ago determined to put an end to all the petty intrigues of polibsp;and love. She has near her a certain Laporte."
"Who, I believe, is the mainspring of all this, I fess," said the cardinal.
"You think then, as I do, that she deceives me?" said the king.
"That''s it!" cried the king; "to him, no doubt. Cardinal, I must have the queen''s papers."
"But how to take them, sire? It ems to me that it is her your Majesty nor mylf who bsp;charge himlf with subsp;a mission."
"How did they absp;with regard to the Marechale d''Ancre?" cried the king, in the highest state of choler; "first her clots were thhly arched, and then she herlf."
"The Marechale d''Anbsp;was no more than the Marechale d''Ancre. A Florentine adventurer, sire, and that was all; while the august spou of your Majesty is Anne of Austria, Queen of Frahat is to say, one of the greatest princess in the world."
"She is not the less guilty, Monsieur Duke! The more she has fotten the high position in whibsp;she was placed, the more degrading is her fall. Besides, I long ago determined to put an end to all the petty intrigues of polibsp;and love. She has near her a certain Laporte."
"Who, I believe, is the mainspring of all this, I fess," said the cardinal.
"You think then, as I do, that she deceives me?" said the king.
"I believe, and I repeat it to your Majesty, that the queen spires against the power of the king, but I have not said against his honor."