"I am only speaking of Madame de Chevreuse; does my mother prefer Madame de Chevreuse to the security of the state and of my person?
Well, then, madame, I tell you Madame de Chevreuse has returned to France to borrow money, and that she addressed herself to M.Fouquet to sell him a certain secret." "A certain secret!" cried Anne of Austria.
"Concerning pretended robberies that monsieur le surintendant had committed, which is false," added Philippe.

"M.

Fouquet rejected her offers with indignation, preferring the esteem of the king to complicity with such intriguers.

Then Madame de Chevreuse sold the secret to M.
Colbert, and as she is insatiable, and was not satisfied with having extorted a hundred thousand crowns from a servant of the state, she has taken a still bolder flight, in search of surer sources of supply.

Is that true, madame ?" "You know all, sire," said the queen, more uneasy than irritated.
"Now," continued Philippe, "I have good reason to dislike this fury, who comes to my court to plan the shame of some and the ruin of others.