But the doctors always prefer the king who is to the king who is not.

Providence has willed that you should be persecuted; this persecution to-day consecrates you king of France.

You had, then, a right to reign, seeing that it is disputed; you had a right to be proclaimed seeing that you have been concealed; and you possess royal blood, since no one has dared to shed yours, as that of your servants has been shed.

Now see, then, what this Providence, which you have so often accused of having in every way thwarted you, has done for you.

It has given you the features, figure, age, and voice of your brother; and the very causes of your persecution are about to become those of your triumphant restoration.