In which M. Seguier, Keeper of the Seals, Looks More than Once for the Bell, in Order to Ring It, as

           ItisimpossibletoformanideaoftheimpressionthesefewwordsmadeuponLouisXIII.Hegrewpaleandredalternately;andthecardinalsawatoncethathehadrecoveredbyasingleblowallthegroundhehadlost.

           "BuckinghaminParis!"criedhe,"andwhydoeshecome?"

           "Toconspire,nodoubt,withyourenemies,theHuguenotsandtheSpaniards."

           "No,PARDIEU,no!ToconspireagainstmyhonorwithMadamedeChevreuse,MadamedeLongueville,andtheCondes."

           "Oh,sire,whatanidea!Thequeenistoovirtuous;andbesides,lovesyourMajestytoowell."

           "Womanisweak,MonsieurCardinal,"saidtheking;"andastolovingmemuch,Ihavemyownopinionastothatlove."

           "Inotthelessmaintain,"saidthecardinal,"thattheDukeofBuckinghamcametoParisforaprojectwhollypolitical."

           "AndIamsurethathecameforquiteanotherpurpose,MonsieurCardinal;butifthequeenbeguilty,lethertremble!"

           "Indeed,"saidthecardinal,"whateverrepugnanceImayhavetodirectingmymindtosuchatreason,yourMajestycompelsmetothinkofit.MadamedeLannoy,whom,accordingtoyourMajesty’scommand,Ihavefrequentlyinterrogated,toldmethismorningthatthenightbeforelastherMajestysatupverylate,thatthismorningsheweptmuch,andthatshewaswritingallday."

           "That’sit!"criedtheking;"tohim,nodoubt.Cardinal,Imusthavethequeen’spapers."

           "Buthowtotakethem,sire?ItseemstomethatitisneitheryourMajestynormyselfwhocanchargehimselfwithsuchamission."

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