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           Infact,thesackofLaRochelle,andtheassassinationofthreeoffourthousandHuguenotswhoallowedthemselvestobekilled,wouldresembletooclosely,in1628,themassacreofSt.Bartholomewin1572;andthen,aboveallthis,thisextrememeasure,whichwasnotatallrepugnanttotheking,goodCatholicashewas,alwaysfellbeforethisargumentofthebesieginggeneralsLaRochelleisimpregnableexcepttofamine.

           Thecardinalcouldnotdrivefromhismindthefearheentertainedofhisterribleemissaryforhecomprehendedthestrangequalitiesofthiswoman,sometimesaserpent,sometimesalion.Hadshebetrayedhim?Wasshedead?Heknewherwellenoughinallcasestoknowthat,whetheractingfororagainsthim,asafriendoranenemy,shewouldnotremainmotionlesswithoutgreatimpediments;butwhencedidtheseimpedimentsarise?Thatwaswhathecouldnotknow.

           Andyethereckoned,andwithreason,onMilady.Hehaddivinedinthepastofthiswomanterriblethingswhichhisredmantlealonecouldcover;andhefelt,fromonecauseoranother,thatthiswomanwashisown,asshecouldlooktonootherbuthimselfforasupportsuperiortothedangerwhichthreatenedher.

           Heresolved,then,tocarryonthewaralone,andtolookfornosuccessforeigntohimself,butaswelookforafortunatechance.HecontinuedtopresstheraisingofthefamousdykewhichwastostarveLaRochelle.

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