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that I hope ---- ""My majesty, monsieur, will act like the sun, which looksupon all, great and small, rich and poor, giving luster tosome, warmth to others, and life to all. Adieu MonsieurdArtagnan -- adieu: you are free."And the king, with a hoarse sob, which was lost in histhroat, passed quickly into the next room. DArtagnan tookup his hat from the table upon which he had thrown it, andwent out.CHAPTER 15The ProscribedDArtagnan had not reached the bottom of the staircase, whenthe king called his gentleman. "I have a commission to giveyou, monsieur," said he."I am at your majestys commands.""Wait, then." And the young king began to write thefollowing letter, which cost him more than one sigh,although, at the same time, something like a feeling oftriumph glittered in his eyes:"My Lord Cardinal, -- Thanks to your good counsels and,above all, thanks to your firmness, I have succeeded inovercoming a weakness unworthy of a king. You have too ablyarranged my destiny to allow gratitude not to stop me at themoment when I was about to destroy your work. I felt I waswrong to wish to make my life turn from the course you hadmarked out for it. Certainly it would have been a misfortuneto France and my family if a misunderstanding had takenplace between me and my minister. This, however, wouldcertainly have happened if I had made your niece my wife. Iam perfectly aware of this, and will henceforth opposenothing to the accomplishment of my destiny. I am prepared,then, to wed the infanta, Maria Theresa. You may at onceopen the conference. -- Your affectionate Louis."The king, after reperusing the letter, sealed it himself."This letter for my lord cardinal," said he.The gentleman took it. At Mazarins door he found Bernouinwaiting with anxiety."Well?" asked the ministers valet de chambre."Monsieur," said the gentleman, "here is a letter for hiseminence.""A letter! Ah! we expected one after the little journey ofthe morning.""Oh! you know, then, that his majesty ---- ""As first minister, it belongs to the duties of our chargeto know everything. And his majesty prays and implores, Ipresume.""I dont know, but he sighed frequently whilst he waswriting.""Yes, yes, yes; we understand all that; people sighsometimes from happiness as well as from grief, monsieur.""And yet the king did not look very happy when he returned,monsieur.""You did not see clearly. Besides, you only saw his majestyon his return, for he was only accompanied by the lieutenantof the guards. But I had his eminences telescope, I lookedthrough it when he was tired, and I am sure they both wept.""Well! was it for happiness they wept?""No, but for love, and they vowed to each other a thousandtendernesses, which the king asks no better than to keep.Now this letter is a beginning of the execution.""And what does his eminence think of this love, which is, bythe bye, no secret to anybody?"Bernouin took the gentleman by the arm, and whilst ascendingthe staircase, -- "In confidence," said he, in a low voice,"his eminence looks for success in the affair. I know verywell we shall have war with Spain; but, bah! war will pleasethe nobles. My lord cardinal, besides, can endow his nieceroyally, nay, more than royally. There will be money,festivities, and fireworks -- everybody will be delighted.""Well, for my part," replied the gentleman, shaking hishead, "it appears to me that this letter is very light tocontain all that.""My friend," replied Bernouin, "I am certain of what I tellyou. M. dArtagnan related all that passed to me.""Ay, ay! and what did he tell you? Let us hear.""I accosted him by asking him, on the part of the cardinal,if there were any news, without discovering my designs,observe, for M. dArtagnan is a cunning hand. `My dearMonsieur Bernouin, he replied, `the king is madly in lovewith Mademoiselle de Mancini, that is all I have to tellyou. And then I asked him `Do you think, to such a degreethat it will urge him to act contrary to the designs of hiseminence? `Ah! dont ask me, said he; `I think the kingcapable of anything; he has a will of iron, and what hewills he wills in earnest. If he takes it into his head tomarry Mademoiselle de Mancini, he will marry her, dependupon it. And thereupon he left
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