"Ah, thou flower of nobility," cried she, "were all the nobles of France like thee, we should never have been brought to this!" I bade the lovely creature dry her eyes, and with the King and Dauphin ascend my carriage, and drive post to Mont-Medi, as not an instant was to be lost.

They took my advice and drove away.

I conveyed them within a few miles of Mont-Medi, when the King, thanking me for my assistance, hoped I would not trouble myself any farther, as he was then, he presumed, out of danger; and the Queen also, with tears in her eyes, thanked me on her knees, and presented the Dauphin for my blessing.

In short, I left the King eating a mutton chop.

I advised him not to delay, or he would certainly be taken, and setting spurs to my horse, wished them a good evening, and returned to England.