I have never seen her; but his Eminence has, and 't is he who arranges the affair.

Ah, the Cardinal is the greatest match-maker in France! My cousin Anna Martinozzi is destined for the Prince de Conti, my sisters Olympia and Marianne he also hopes to marry to princes of the blood, whilst I dare wager that he has thoughts of seating either Maria or Hortensia upon the throne of France as the wife of Louis XIV., as soon as his Majesty shall have reached a marriageable age.

You may laugh, De Luynes, nevertheless all this may come to pass, for my uncle has great ambitions for his family, and it is even possible that should that poor, wandering youth, Charles II.

of England, ever return to the throne of his fathers he may also become my brother-in-law.

I am likely to become well connected, De Luynes, so make a friend of me whilst I am humble.