The other had not obtained audience, because he had not come provided with any credentials, direct or indirect.

Having now understood from Andrea de Loo and the Seigneur de Champagny that Parma had the power to conclude a peace, which he seemed very much to desire, she observed that it was not necessary for him to be so chary in explaining the basis of the proposed negotiations.

It was better to enter into a straightforward path, than by ambiguous words to spin out to great length matters which princes should at once conclude.
"Do not suppose," said the Queen, "that I am seeking what belongs to others.

God forbid.

I seek only that which is mine own.