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The Audience

           "Myfriend,"saidhe,slowly,"Iwish,asthesonofanancientfriend—forIconsiderthisstoryofthelostletterperfectlytrue—Iwish,Isay,inordertorepairthecoldnessyoumayhaveremarkedinmyreceptionofyou,todiscovertoyouthesecretsofourpolicy.Thekingandthecardinalarethebestoffriends;theirapparentbickeringsareonlyfeintstodeceivefools.Iamnotwillingthatacompatriot,ahandsomecavalier,abraveyouth,quitefittomakehisway,shouldbecomethedupeofalltheseartificesandfallintothesnareaftertheexampleofsomanyotherswhohavebeenruinedbyit.BeassuredthatIamdevotedtoboththeseall-powerfulmasters,andthatmyearnestendeavorshavenootheraimthantheserviceoftheking,andalsothecardinal—oneofthemostillustriousgeniusesthatFrancehaseverproduced.

           "Now,youngman,regulateyourconductaccordingly;andifyouentertain,whetherfromyourfamily,yourrelations,orevenfromyourinstincts,anyoftheseenmitieswhichweseeconstantlybreakingoutagainstthecardinal,bidmeadieuandletusseparate.Iwillaidyouinmanyways,butwithoutattachingyoutomyperson.Ihopethatmyfranknessatleastwillmakeyoumyfriend;foryouaretheonlyyoungmantowhomIhavehithertospokenasIhavedonetoyou."

           Trevillesaidtohimself:"Ifthecardinalhassetthisyoungfoxuponme,hewillcertainlynothavefailed—he,whoknowshowbitterlyIexecratehim—totellhisspythatthebestmeansofmakinghiscourttomeistorailathim.

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