And I perfectly well understand," she pursued, addressing a look full of intelligence at Madame, "Madame's motive for saying what she has just said." "Everything which emanates from you, madame," said the English princess, "proceeds from the lips of Wisdom." "If we send this girl back to her own family," said Maria Theresa, gently, "we must bestow a pension upon her." "Which I will provide for out of my income," exclaimed Madame.
"No, no," interrupted Anne of Austria, "no disturbance, I beg.

The king dislikes that the slightest disrespectful remark should be made of any lady.

Let everything be done quietly.

Will you have the kindness, Madame, to send for this girl here; and you, my daughter, will have the goodness to retire to your own room." The dowager queen's entreaties were commands, and as Maria Theresa rose to return to her apartments, Madame rose in order to send a page to summon La Valliere..