Part 67 (1/2)
Louis XIV colored again That was the third time within an hour ”Ask my lord cardinal,” replied he, in a tone which made Mazarin, Anne of Austria, and everybody else open their eyes
”Thatdoes not like affairs of state to be talked of out of the council”
Philip received the repri at his brother, and then at his roup was about to be formed in the corner of the room, and that the Duc d'Anjou, with the Comte de Guiche, and the Chevalier de Lorraine, prevented froht say, in a whisper, what it was not convenient should be said He was beginning, then, to dart at the Anne of Austria to throw perturbation in the midst of the unlawful asse from behind the tapestry of the bedrooneur, an envoy froland”
Mazarin could not help exhibiting a slight e indiscreet, rather than to appear useless, Louis XIV rose iht All the asse of chairs and tables being pushed away
”Let everybody depart by degrees,” said Mazarin in a whisper to Louis XIV, ”and be so good as to excuseto dispatch an affair about which I wish to converse with your ”
”And the queens?” asked Louis XIV
”And M le Duc d'Anjou,” said his eminence
At the same time he turned round in his ruelle, the curtains of which, in falling, concealed the bed The cardinal, nevertheless, did not lose sight of the conspirators
”M le Co on, behind the curtain, his dressing-goith the assistance of Bernouin
”I a man, as he approached
”Take entlewithdrew to talk with the two queens A serious game was commenced between the comte and several rich courtiers In thethe questions of dress with the Chevalier de Lorraine, and they had ceased to hear the rustling of the cardinal's silk robe from behind the curtain His e the bedroom
Chapter XL: An Affair of State
The cardinal, on passing into his cabinet, found the Co a very fine Raphael placed over a sideboard covered with a plate His ehtly, and as silently as a shadow, and surprised the countenance of the co to divine by the simple expression of the face of his interlocutor ould be the result of the conversation
But this ti upon the face of Athos, not even the respect he was accustomed to see on all faces Athos was dressed in black, with a si of silver
He wore the Holy Ghost, the Garter, and the Golden Fleece, three orders of such i alone, or else a player, could wear the tiht to give to this icy figure, but he did not succeed ”I aland forBernouin, who, in his quality of secretary, was getting his pen ready
”On the part of his land, yes, your elishh his fingers at the Holy Ghost, Garter, and Golden Fleece, but er
”I alishman, but a Frenchman, monsieur le cardinal,” replied Athos
”It is reland should choose a Frenchury Your name, monsieur, if you please”
”Cohtly than the ceremonial and pride of the all-powerful minister required