53/67 "The Admiral is avenged," he said. "Tell your master in hell that you died at the hands of Coligny's kinsman." Gaspard remounted, and, since the fight had now gone eastward, they rode on to the main gate of the Louvre, where they met a company of the royal Guards coming out to discover the cause of an uproar so close to the Palace. He told his tale of the Spanish Embassy and showed Guise's jewel. "The streets are full of Huguenots badged as Catholics. His Majesty will be well advised to quiet the rabble or he will lose some trusty servants." In the Rue du Coq, now almost empty, the two, horsemen halted. |