The pastor's daughter observed the ruin of her enemies.

Discreet and victorious, she remained in possession of the field.

More closely than ever did she cleave to the side of her mistress, her pupil, and her friend; and in the recesses of the palace her mysterious figure was at once invisible and omnipresent.

When the Queen's Ministers came in at one door, the Baroness went out by another; when they retired, she immediately returned.

Nobody knew--nobody ever will know--the precise extent and the precise nature of her influence.