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prevent your seeing tn1s person; II you WISH
he shall come 10 your ROOM
Il wish it much replied the Queen; and
then added, in dlgnifed manner, you may
retire gentlemen
The moment after, De Maillettes entered
the room, pale and trembling. The Queen
received him with gracious dignity: while
he knelt to her, and taking her hand which
she held out to him, touched it respectfully
with his lips.
'Wil your majesty deign to pardon the
temerity of my pursuit?' said he humbly.
My ignorance must be my excuse
'lpardon you, sir and see nothing in
your conduct but an exalted devotion to our
royal person.
Put il to the proof, madame, and shall
brave the greatest danger to show myself
worthy your clemency.'
well, chevalier, you have not long TO
wait an opportunity to show your zeal /; the
town is in an uproar, the people surround the
inn E: get rid of them, for they worry me
with their nose.'
The chevaier went out and returned in
quarter of an hour, saying
your majcsty's orders are obeyed. The
crowd is dispersed
Il shall not forget this SERVICE said the
Queen ; and hope one day to be able to
repay it, and give you place at my court
when regain my proper rank; in the mean
time make you my chamberlain and now
beg of you to order my supper; for am
shall confess it ?-uncommonly hungry
what a, such moment, and after such
| al I fno1 hnp
cry! What grandeur of soul
THE soul has very little to do in this af-
fair. Order three covers, one for me, one
for my faithful Suzanne, and one for yourself.
We shall all sup together; all difference OF
ranks shall be forgotten in our msfortunes.
We will not hold to the etiquette of Versai-
les at the hotel of the Lion d'Argent.-
Above all things take care and let the cham
paign be we. ced.'
The repast was delighlfnl-,he Queen pu,
her companions at their ease by telling them
that she wished to Danish all ceremony, and
pass the time as pleasantly as possible. Su-
zanne begged the chevalcr to relate his his
tory, which the young man did with much
simplicity.
Il belong 10 this country said the chev.
alier, and was twenty years old last Easter
Monday. My father died in the kings SER
vice, and my mother intended me for the
church for had an elder bro,her-Achil-
lcs-who was destinued to maintain the fam.
lily honors unfortunately the poor fellow
was rather quarrelsome, and was killed in a
duel. l was then taken from my studies,
launched into the world, where quickly for.
got all had learned, and entered eagerl,
into the folly and dissipation usual with young
men. | got into debt and difficulty, wa.
obliged to leave my property and live a
Lons-le. Saulnier, of which was well wea'
ny. | had just resolved to go to Paris
When you appeared, then my former pro.
jccts vanished; thought of but one person
Of whose rank | was ignorant-I need moi
add how followed you on horseback, ano
became prisoner with yourselves
The next morning, when the Queen awoke
Suzanne told her that the anteroom was fll
of visitors, who had been there from day.
light, and wished to pay their homage.
Really, Suzanne but are they of sufli.
Glen, rank for tIat?'
Here is list of their names.'
! The names we're those of the highest no
bility, who courageously came to render hom'
age to prosecuted royalty.
The Queen received them with touch
ing kindness of manner and reproached then
mildly for the imprudent step they had ia
ken. | thank YOU she said, 'and fee
deeply the generous expression of your 10y
atty but must insist upon your not expos
: ing yourselves further by remaining will
me-
The Queens remonstrances we're useless
Such was the zeal and enthusiasm of thos
who surrounded her, that they insisted Of
forming court in the Lion dArgent, AM
it was only by choosing four Of the humble
that she could prevail on the rest to leave her
Those four persons, Suzanne and the
Chevelier De Maillettes, formed the societ
of the Queen, who excited their admiration
> by her grace, her constant serenity and gal
ty, so remarkable under the circumstance
> in which she was placed.
Meanwhile the mayor and committee O
public safety Of Jougne sent each day to tn
national assembly "a bulletin with detalle'
account of the manner in which the prisonc
occupied her time.
To-day said the bulletin, the Quee
rose at ten o'clock; at twelve she dined wit
, a very good appetite, with the persons VIII
composed her suite after dinner her maIes
:. ty wished to be alone, she paced her cham
Der in state of agitation, pronouncing word
which we could not catch the exact lneann
, Of Bourthold, who is a man of nforma
:, ton, pronounces them blank verse. A
h, three o'clock the Queen demanded her at
= PENDANTS and played a game of reversis
i, with the Able de Blanzy, the President d
= Bibos, and Made Castervl.e-; at fv
O'Clock her majesty stopped playing and con
versed in an under tone with the soi-disa,l
Chevaler dc Maille tics, when the converse
u ton became general, and they talked gail
: on frivolous suhjects-at eight o'clock tn
I, citizen du Moriet read lecture in lou
: voice-a, nine o'clock supper was served
: which lasted till midnigh,-at twelve tn
: Queen retired to her apartment
This state of things lasted five days, whe
: the Baron de Moriet who passed portion G
{, his time out of the hotel, took the Quee