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

           "Verywell,Cardinal,verywell;but,meantime,sendforMonsieurtheKeeperoftheSeals.Iwillgotothequeen."

           AndLouisXIII,openingthedoorofcommunication,passedintothecorridorwhichledfromhisapartmentstothoseofAnneofAustria.

           ThequeenwasinthemidstofherwomenMme.deGuitaut,Mme.deSable,Mme.deMontbazon,andMme.deGuemene.InacornerwastheSpanishcompanion,DonnaEstafania,whohadfollowedherfromMadrid.Mme.Guemenewasreadingaloud,andeverybodywaslisteningtoherwithattentionwiththeexceptionofthequeen,whohad,onthecontrary,desiredthisreadinginorderthatshemightbeable,whilefeigningtolisten,topursuethethreadofherownthoughts.

           Thesethoughts,gildedastheywerebyalastreflectionoflove,werenotthelesssad.AnneofAustria,deprivedoftheconfidenceofherhusband,pursuedbythehatredofthecardinal,whocouldnotpardonherforhavingrepulsedamoretenderfeeling,havingbeforehereyestheexampleofthequeen-motherwhomthathatredhadtormentedallherlifethoughMariedeMedicis,ifthememoirsofthetimearetobebelieved,hadbegunbyaccordingtothecardinalthatsentimentwhichAnneofAustriaalwaysrefusedhimAnneofAustriahadseenhermostdevotedservantsfallaroundher,hermostintimateconfidants,herdearestfavorites.Likethoseunfortunatepersonsendowedwithafatalgift,shebroughtmisfortuneuponeverythingshetouched.Herfriendshipwasafatalsignwhichcalleddownpersecution.Mme.deChevreuseandMme.

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