5/16 All three of them." "What do you mean by _all three ?_" "Do you not see that De Guiche is one of the party ?" "Yes, I see. But what does that prove ?" "That Madame has two admirers instead of one." "You poison the simplest thing!" "I poison nothing. Ah! your royal highness's mind is perverted. The honors of the kingdom of France are being paid to your wife and you are not satisfied." The Duke of Orleans dreaded the satirical humor of the Chevalier de Lorraine whenever it reached a certain degree of bitterness, and he changed the conversation abruptly. "The princess is pretty," said he, very negligently, as if he were speaking of a stranger. |