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Queen Marguerite

           whowasdying.LaMolewishedtorescuehisfriendstheprinces,whomQueenCatherineofMediciwaskeepingprisonerinherCourt.HeadvancedtwohundredcavalryunderthewallsofSt.Germain;theDuked’AlençonwasfrightenedandLaMolewasthrowntotheexecutioner.

           "ButthethingwhichaffectsmademoiselleMathilde,andwhatshehasadmittedtomeherselfsevenoreightyearsagowhenshewastwelve,isahead!ahead!--andtheacademicianlifteduphiseyestotheheavens.Whatstruckherinthispoliticalcatastrophe,wasthehidingofQueenMargueritedeNavarreinahouseintheplacedeGrèveandherthenaskingforherlover’shead.AtmidnightonthefollowingdayshetookthatheadinhercarriageandwentandburieditherselfinachapelatthefootofthehillatMontmartre."

           "Impossible?"criedJulienreallymoved.

           "MademoiselleMathildedespisesherbrotherbecause,asyousee,hedoesnotbotheronewhitaboutthisancienthistory,andneverwearsmourningonthethirtiethofApril.ItissincethetimeofthiscelebratedexecutionandinordertorecalltheintimatefriendshipofLaMoleforthesaidCoconasso,whoItalianthathewas,borethenameofAnnibalthatallthemenofthatfamilybearthatname.And,"addedtheacademicianloweringhisvoice,"thisCoconassowas,accordingtoCharlesIX.himself,oneofthecruellestassassinsofthetwenty-fourthAugust,1572.Buthowisitpossible,mydearSorel,thatyoushouldbeignorantofthesethingsyouwhotakeyourmealswiththefamily."

           "SothatiswhymademoiselledelaMoletwicecalledherbrotherAnnibalatdinner.

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