The bracelet shall be yours if I win, and if you are successful, deign to give me but one look of your beautiful eyes." "No," said Athenais, "if you win the bracelet, keep it; every one for himself." "You are without any pity," said Saint-Aignan, "and I will punish you by a quatrain:-- "'Beautiful Iris, to my vow You are too opposed--'" "Silence," said Athenais, "you will prevent me hearing the winning number." "Number one," said the young girl who had drawn the mother-of-pearl from the Spanish leather bag.
"The king!" exclaimed the queen-mother.
"The king has won!" repeated the queen, delightedly.
"Oh! the king! your dream!" said Madame, joyously, in the ear of Anne of Austria.
The king was the only one who did not exhibit any satisfaction.

He merely thanked Fortune for what she had done for him, in addressing a slight salutation to the young girl who had been chosen as her proxy.
Then, receiving from the hands of Anne of Austria, amid the eager desire of the whole assembly, the casket inclosing the bracelets, he said, "Are these bracelets really beautiful, then ?" "Look at them," said Anne of Austria, "and judge for yourself." The king looked at them, and said, "Yes, indeed, an admirable medallion.
What perfect finish!" "What perfect finish!" repeated Madame.
Queen Maria-Theresa easily saw, and that, too, at the very first glance, that the king would not offer the bracelets to her; but, as he did not seem either the least degree in the world disposed to offer them to Madame, she felt almost satisfied, or nearly so.

The king sat down.

The most intimate among the courtiers approached, one by one, for the purpose of admiring more closely the beautiful piece of workmanship, which soon, with the king's permission, was handed about from person to person.

Immediately, every one, connoisseurs or not, uttered various exclamations of surprise, and overwhelmed the king with congratulations.
There was, in fact, something for everybody to admire--the brilliants for some, and the cutting for others.