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The Utility of Stovepipes

           "YourEminenceisright,"repliedMilady;"andIhavebeenwronginseeinginthemissionwithwhichyouhonormeanythingbutthatwhichitreallyis—thatis,toannouncetohisGrace,onthepartofyourEminence,thatyouareacquaintedwiththedifferentdisguisesbymeansofwhichhesucceededinapproachingthequeenduringthefetegivenbyMadametheConstable;thatyouhaveproofsoftheinterviewgrantedattheLouvrebythequeentoacertainItalianastrologerwhowasnootherthantheDukeofBuckingham;thatyouhaveorderedalittleromanceofasatiricalnaturetobewrittenupontheadventuresofAmiens,withaplanofthegardensinwhichthoseadventurestookplace,andportraitsoftheactorswhofiguredinthem;thatMontagueisintheBastille,andthatthetorturemaymakehimsaythingsheremembers,andeventhingshehasforgotten;thatyoupossessacertainletterfromMadamedeChevreuse,foundinhisGrace’slodging,whichsingularlycompromisesnotonlyherwhowroteit,butherinwhosenameitwaswritten.Then,ifhepersists,notwithstandingallthis—asthatis,asIhavesaid,thelimitofmymission—IshallhavenothingtodobuttoprayGodtoworkamiracleforthesalvationofFrance.Thatisit,isitnot,monseigneur,andIshallhavenothingelsetodo?"

           "Thatisit,"repliedthecardinal,dryly.

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