He was thus completely dressed in hunting costume when he received his visitors.

His own memory and the notes of Aramis announced everybody to him, first of all Anne of Austria, to whom Monsieur gave his hand, and then Madame with M.de Saint-Aignan.

He smiled at seeing these countenances, but trembled on recognizing his mother.

That still so noble and imposing figure, ravaged by pain, pleaded in his heart the cause of the famous queen who had immolated a child to reasons of state.

He found his mother still handsome.