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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

           Thecommissionmightwellbecalleddelicate;andthekinghadreached,inhisjealousyofBuckingham,thepointofnotbeingjealousofanyoneelse.

           Withoutdoubtthechancellor,Seguierlookedaboutatthatmomentfortheropeofthefamousbell;butnotfindingithesummonedhisresolution,andstretchedforthhishandstowardtheplacewherethequeenhadacknowledgedthepaperwastobefound.

           AnneofAustriatookonestepbackward,becamesopalethatitmightbesaidshewasdying,andleaningwithherlefthanduponatablebehindhertokeepherselffromfalling,shewithherrighthanddrewthepaperfromherbosomandhelditouttothekeeperoftheseals.

           "There,monsieur,thereisthatletter!"criedthequeen,withabrokenandtremblingvoice;"takeit,anddelivermefromyourodiouspresence."

           Thechancellor,who,onhispart,trembledwithanemotioneasilytobeconceived,tooktheletter,bowedtotheground,andretired.Thedoorwasscarcelycloseduponhim,whenthequeensank,halffainting,intothearmsofherwomen.

           Thechancellorcarriedthelettertothekingwithouthavingreadasinglewordofit.Thekingtookitwithatremblinghand,lookedfortheaddress,whichwaswanting,becameverypale,openeditslowly,thenseeingbythefirstwordsthatitwasaddressedtotheKingofSpain,hereaditrapidly.

           Itwasnothingbutaplanofattackagainstthecardinal.

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