Part 100 (1/2)
”His son, madame, must be, since the husband of the son'sueville?”
”No,Godfather to him, could do no less than present hi his father, also, the governovernment of Normandy,” replied the queen, ”I think I can proard to the present, the cardinal is always telling me there is no more money in the royal coffers”
”We shall search for some, madame, and I think we can find a little, and if your ether”
”What next?”
”What next, madame?”
”Yes”
”That is all”
”Haven't you, then, a fourth companion?”
”Yes, madame, the Co”
”There is in the world, then, one !”
”There is the Comte de la Fere, madame The Comte de la Fere is not a man”
”What is he, then?”
”The Comte de la Fere is a de es spoke toa brave boy, and ith Monsieur de Chatillon, brought the standards from Lens?”
”He has, as your elonne”
”If that young uardian say?”
”Perhaps he would accept”
”Perhaps?”
”Yes, if yourhiehi the queen has not signed--her assent to the treaty”
”Of what use to-day? I will sign it to-morrow”
”I can assure her n to-day she will not have ti you, madame, to write at the bottom of this schedule, which has been drawn up by Mazarin, as you see: ”'I consent to ratify the treaty proposed by the Parisians'”
Anne was caught, she could not draw back--she signed; but scarcely had she done so when pride burst forth and she began to weep
D'Artagnan started on seeing these tears Since that period of history queens have shed tears, like other women
The Gascon shook his head, these tears fro, ”look upon the unhappy esture of yourwill be possible to him He has faith in himself; he has faith in his friends; he wishes also to have faith in his queen And in proof that he fears nothing, that he counts on nothing, he will restore Monsieur de Mazarin to your ust signatures of yourthem to me, you shall do so, but froation to keep thenan, full of splendid pride and manly intrepidity, placed in Anne's hands, in a bundle, the papers that he had one by one won from her with sois not good, everything in this world is not bad--in which the id and the coldest soul is softened by the tears of strong e sentinan, when he gave way to his own feelings--which were in accordance with those of the queen--had accomplished more than the most astute diplomacy could have attempted He was therefore instantly recompensed, either for his address or for his sensibility, whichever it ht, sir,” said Anne ”I ned; I deliver the me back the cardinal as soon as possible”
”Madaood memory--since I had the honor behind a piece of tapestry in the Hotel de Ville, of kissing one of those lovely hands”
”There is the other,” replied the queen; ”and that the left hand should not be less liberal than the right,” she drew froiven to hi in re, ”I have only one thingyou ask from me, shall be--my life”
And with this conclusion--a way peculiar to hihtly understood thosefrom her presence; ”and it is now too late, for in a year the king will be of age”
In twenty-four hours D'Artagnan and Porthos conducted Mazarin to the queen; and the one received his commission, the other his patent of nobility
On the saned, and it was everywhere announced that the cardinal had shut hireatest care
Here is what each of the parties concerned gained by that treaty: Monsieur de Conti received Daeneral, he succeeded in re e with Mazarin's niece The idea elcomed by the prince, to who as he married some one
The Duc de Beaufortas he had suffered, and all the honor due to his rank Full pardon was accorded to those who had aided in his escape He received also the office of admiral, which had been held by his father, the Duc de Vendome and an indemnity for his houses and castles, dene
The Duc de Bouillon received domains of a value equal to that of his principality of Sedan, and the title of prince, granted to hiueville gained the government of Pont-de-l'Arche, five hundred thousand francs for his wife and the honor of seeing her son held at the baptisland
Aramis stipulated that Bazin should officiate at that cerear plums
The Duc d'Elbeuf obtained payment of certain sums due to his wife, one hundred thousand francs for his eldest son and twenty-five thousand for each of the three others
The coadjutor alone obtained nothing They prootiate with the pope for a cardinal's hat for him; but he kne little reliance should be placed on such promises, made by the queen and Mazarin Quite contrary to the lot of Monsieur de Conti, unable to be cardinal, he was obliged to remain a soldier
And therefore, when all Paris was rejoicing in the expected return of the king, appointed for the next day, Gondy alone, in the eneral happiness, was dissatisfied; he sent for the two men whom he ont to summon when in especially bad humor Those two men were the Count de Rochefort and the mendicant of Saint Eustache They came with their usual proht
89 Difficult for Kings to return to the Capitals of their Kingdoed in conducting the cardinal to Saint Germain, Athos and Aramis returned to Paris
Each had his own particular visit to make