would scarcely desire it.

One would not expect him to seek very diligently for one who would deprive him of the crown.

Charles X., knowing he must succeed his brother, was no more enthusiastic in the search.

And the Duchess d'Angouleme herself, you ask?
I can see the question in your face." "Yes," conceded Colville.

"For, after all, he was her brother." "Yes--and if she found him, what would be the result?
Her uncle would be driven from the throne; her father-in-law would not inherit; her own husband, the Dauphin, would be Dauphin no longer.