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,eriod. We are tola that Henry III. shortly

| n0riO0. We ar0 told that HAnry III. nhOrtl,
after his occessiop to the tbr,nc. vhen vail
ing with his brother-in-jaw the King o
Navarro. IN tho streets Of LYONS twb,tber tbs
court had repairod In m .,,t him nm bis returr
from PolandL. cnme uron Murau ,ritc's empt,
| chariot-easilv rccornizablo from, beinp coy.
| cred with yellow velvet ornamental with silye,
--drawnup in n "plu.e" or souarc. Hard by. n
seems. lodged n gentleman by the name OF
| Blde. who wns indi ispos,t Look =" cries tho
| notwithstanding King ot Frnp,r. evcr ,e,ver
TO sow dis.ens,o, between tho Young couple.
| TO Mnruucrite's huslun l. "tbere stands your
| wife's chnr;ot. md yonder Ia Bide's lodging.
warrant sbe ls .hcre,' Then he hurrics bnck to
| tell the Ouecn mother Of tho now cnormi,v that
bor daughter had commi.teI. Marguerite re.
turns soon a.terwnrd. knowing nothing what
ever o., the calumny go and sock the Queen.
your mother" saws bor husband. laughing. for
ho appar,ntlv lv trent,d tho n,nttrr ns a ioke
"nnd nm sure van will coma back in n I'm
| rorel" Tho C,uocn m,,bcr w,s IN n ror.e. I'm :.
ouestionablv. she continued scoIdinr. scream.
ing. and threatening. nnd would Iistcn 10 no
| explanation. Next dav Morrnerito IA inyited
to n garden marty ,nd ,sts b,r m otbcr's MR.
mission to attend II. having she Informs
us. "alwnvs observcd a,,ch rcsncct iowa rd the
Queen, my mother. while 7 was with bor n. maid
or wife. ns ncycr 10 no anvwb,rc without ask.
ing her permission" nut C,atbsrin,,s wrath
Ind not vet subsidel Shc tclls bcr daughter
she NAV 20 where shc likcs-thnt sbo ,loes not
cure In n word shc has ,vas sbnd hcr hands NJ
her. It turned ont. however. that Marguerite
Ind never been nen- Monsieur Bidi at nil.
There were eight pcrsons nltopctbcr ineida
the yolow velvet chariot which Nns ~ onor.
nous size md they Ind nil boen spondin1 n
highly odifyinr afternoon Mt th, Ahbov of ST
Peter SO that Henry III. had mnde much ado
Further on in tho mcmoirs wa ,enrn how Dp
Guast, tho favorite councillor OF Henry III.
endeayored to mako mischief about bcr
and the celebrated Busy d'Amboise. who. as
centlemnn.in-wnitinp unon hcr brothnr the
Duke of Alcncon. wns frnouentIv In bor com.
pany. Notwithstanding thnt these mcmoirs
benr so litt,e resemblance to confessiona
Sainto Beuve bns remnrkod ,bat hcr odmir,.
tion for Busy lenks out in snito Of bersel,
"When she spcaks of Bussv d'Ambo,so f" aha
SAYS. =. she III conceals her admiration for that
cavalier. and ono seems 70 fool hv the e1trova.
r,nco NJ hor nr.isaa tbat bor bonr+ ovareowe
1t Is doubtless the following massage which
Snintc Beuve Ind IN mind. "Wben wo wara IN
Paris my brother d'Alencon. Amounted
Bussy to ATTEND him holdinc him In the
high esteem which his ynlor meritad.
Ho was continuajlv with INV hrotbor
and In coneeonenco with ma NV hrothar
and T hoino olmost o,vovo toaathar ona h.
having ordored bis ottondants ~ honor md
oh. -. -. -. ., it,. ~ go
however. putting different construction upon
1t. endeavored by every means within his
power to persuade the King. my husband.
that Busy was my lover Perceiving that he
did not advance matters by this. as my hus-
band was thoroughly informed by his SER
wants, who were always with me. OF my be-
havior. which did not tend to anything OF the
kind. he addressed himself to the King Henry
ILL whom he found far easier to persuade be-
cause OF his hatred for Busy. who had former
ly been in his service. but who had left him
In order to devote himself to my brother.
This acquisition increased my brothers dig
nifty as much as 1t did the jealousy OF our ene-
mics. lor tEere was not one OF his sex and
quality in that section who could compare
with him for valor grace. renown. and UNDER
standing; SO much So that there were some
who maintained thatif one were to believe.
like certain philosophers. in the transmigra-
ton OF souls. there could be no doubt but that |
the soul OF your lBrantome's] gallant brother
llardelay animated that OF Busy Tho King |
having been lmbued by Du Guast with this
idea. mentioned 1t to the Queen. my mother. |
advising her to tell the King. my husband. Of
II. she. however. rejected the notion. saying: |
CANNOT thihH VINO the mlschlef makers can
1,ox ,l,o oh
pe VINO put such IDEAS into your head. MY
oauEh,er ls unfortunate 70 nave oeen born In
such 'imes'
III.
In 1916, when Marguerite was twentv.thr.a
years old, Henry OF Navarro. under pretext Of
going upon a hunting exoedition. escaped
with = band of bis followers from tho thral.
dom OF life Mt the yalois court Two years
later his wife, after enduring all manner OF
ycxations and prosecutions at the hand of
Henry Ill and his minons, obtained permis-
sion to join her husband in Gascony. where |
she remained for three years and A half.
These years she describes as period Of al-
most perfect happiness. Sainto Beuye notes
that her husbands weaknesses harmonized
with her own, so that they went their different
ways without annoying or interfering with
each other. In 1882, however. Marguerite was
pcrsuad ded to 20 to Paris, where she passed some
time ut the court of her brother and only re-