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The Sign of the Red Dovecot

           IftheleaguewhichthreatenedFrancetriumphed,allhisinfluencewouldbelost.SpanishpolicyandAustrianpolicywouldhavetheirrepresentativesinthecabinetoftheLouvre,wheretheyhadasyetbutpartisans;andhe,RichelieutheFrenchminister,thenationalministerwouldberuined.Theking,evenwhileobeyinghimlikeachild,hatedhimasachildhateshismaster,andwouldabandonhimtothepersonalvengeanceofMonsieurandthequeen.Hewouldthenbelost,andFrance,perhaps,withhim.Allthismustbepreparedagainst.

           Courtiers,becomingeveryinstantmorenumerous,succeededoneanother,dayandnight,inthelittlehouseofthebridgeofLaPierre,inwhichthecardinalhadestablishedhisresidence.

           Thereweremonkswhoworethefrockwithsuchanillgracethatitwaseasytoperceivetheybelongedtothechurchmilitant;womenalittleinconveniencedbytheircostumeaspagesandwhoselargetrouserscouldnotentirelyconcealtheirroundedforms;andpeasantswithblackenedhandsbutwithfinelimbs,savoringofthemanofqualityaleagueoff.

           Therewerealsolessagreeablevisitsfortwoorthreetimesreportswerespreadthatthecardinalhadnearlybeenassassinated.

           Itistruethattheenemiesofthecardinalsaidthatitwashehimselfwhosetthesebunglingassassinstowork,inordertohave,ifwanted,therightofusingreprisals;butwemustnotbelieveeverythingministerssay,noreverythingtheirenemiessay.

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