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The Utility of Stovepipes

           "Well,here,forexample,"saidRichelieu:"when,in1610,foracausesimilartothatwhichmovestheduke,KingHenryIV,ofgloriousmemory,wasabout,atthesametime,toinvadeFlandersandItaly,inordertoattackAustriaonbothsides.Well,didtherenothappenaneventwhichsavedAustria?WhyshouldnotthekingofFrancehavethesamechanceastheemperor?"

           "YourEminencemeans,Ipresume,theknifestabintheRuedelaFeronnerie?"

           "Precisely,"saidthecardinal.

           "DoesnotyourEminencefearthatthepunishmentinflicteduponRavaillacmaydeteranyonewhomightentertaintheideaofimitatinghim?"

           "Therewillbe,inalltimesandinallcountries,particularlyifreligiousdivisionsexistinthosecountries,fanaticswhoasknothingbetterthantobecomemartyrs.Ay,andobserveitjustoccurstomethatthePuritansarefuriousagainstBuckingham,andtheirpreachersdesignatehimastheAntichrist."

           "Well?"saidMilady.

           "Well,"continuedthecardinal,inanindifferenttone,"theonlythingtobesoughtforatthismomentissomewoman,handsome,young,andclever,whohascauseofquarrelwiththeduke.Thedukehashadmanyaffairsofgallantry;andifhehasfosteredhisamoursbypromisesofeternalconstancy,hemustlikewisehavesowntheseedsofhatredbyhiseternalinfidelities."

           "Nodoubt,"saidMilady,coolly,"suchawomanmaybefound."

           "Well,suchawoman,whowouldplacetheknifeofJacquesClementorofRavaillacinthehandsofafanatic,wouldsaveFrance."

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