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every one has been bringing me unelr
insults. Read that.
She handed MIN the paper which was
/ stir between her fingers, and De Maui
peou, taking it. read:
"Pourquoi ce brilliant v~is-a-vis?
Est-cel lie char dune deesse
Gu de quelque jeune PrinceSse?"
S'ecriait I'm badaud surpris.
Non" de la foule curieuse,
1ui repond un caustique, mon;
C'est lie char de la blanchisseuse
De set infame-d'Aiguillon."
De Maupeou read this elegant pro-
duction without moving q muscle OF
his face.
He knew the history Of the magnifl-
cent carriage which the Duo d'Aiguil-
Ion had presented to Madame du Bar
ry; a carriage which goes down
through history as the most beautiful
ever built, costing in its construction
at least 10000 livres.,
He had good cause to know the his
tory of this carriage. as when the Due
td'Aiguillon had been accused of OPP
pressing the people or brlttany, lie
Maupeou it was who had moved the
tComtesse du Barry to induce the king
to pardon D,Aiguillon. The carriage
had been an acknowledgment of this
act and the acknowledgment had
brought down on the unfortunate COM
Jesse a shower of lampoons and ball
ladies' of a nature to drive an ordinary
woman to distraction.
Il De Sartines could have easily seized
these ballad mongers, but he held his
hand simply because De Maupeou, be-
ing at the bottom of the gift Of the
carriage, De Sarines was determined
to make that gift as bitter as possible
to Madame du Barry.
It is necessary to the progress of this
story, and it is also interesting, to ex-
pose a few of those hidden springs and
wheels lin the forms of motives n
acts) which made up the everyday
story of Versailles.
Madame" said De Maupeou, "the
writer of this rubbish is to be pitied
and perhaps pardoned for his fault. but
h man who allowed this to be writ
ten has committed an objectionable
act"
!. "Ah!" cried she, the vision of the
pretty carriage in which she could
never now drive trundling off into in
visibility, If I but had him I would
show him how far it is safe to insult
a woman with spirit. And look, here
are more, the same. and worse"
II say again, Madame. that the man
who wrote these things is only the pen;
it is the man who allows them to be
circulated who deserves punishment"
And that MANI"
ooh, Madame, do you need to ask?
Who punished Rochas for his pamphlet
\ Ecl1l llI0 !. F. w llO pul1lollCu
Tl,errey for his ballad of Versailles?
Who"
"Ah," said madame. you mean Mon
sieur de sartines?"
Precisely"
But, my dear friend, Monsieur de
Sartines himself told me that though
the things were printed in Paris, the
printers had escaped to Holland Inc
were beyond pursuit.
"Oh, did he? Well, Madame, I must
ask you a question: when was the first
of these allad sent to you?"
Ten days ago., and / have received a
ballad a day SINCE"
When did you reply to Monsieur de
lSartines?"
Five days ago"
$50 that five ballads have been print
ed since, and you will receive another
tomorrow. No, Madame, the printers
J have not escaped to Holland, nor do
they wish to escape there; they are
, quite satisfied to remain in Paris IN.
5 der the protection and in the pay Of
? He paused as II he had gone further
! than he wished.
You mean to say Monsieur de Sar-
+. tines is the instigator of these villain-
. ies?"
Il mean to say nothing, Madame"
replied De Maupeou coldly.
? You hint"
Madame, I only give you food for
? reflection"
II must De. Inc IllTSS nave been
: published daily since I spoke, and he
? was to have seen me today about them,
and he has not called. All, De Sartines,
De Sartines, is hat how you. recon-
I pense you friends!"
De Maupeou smiled: but he said
nothing for a moment. fixing his eyes
3 on the carved mantel ~emblazoned with
3 the Du Barry arms and the motto:
5 o En- ant.
> In his carriage, which contained
? among other things materials for cor
~respondence, he had occupied himself
! during the Journey to Versailles in the
> preparation Of g. document which he
now drew from his pocket.
MADAME said he, 'for every bane
there is an a%ntidote, and strangely
enough, for the drugs of the prisoner
who p~ersecutes you ! have brought the
a%ntidote.'' He handed the order to her
, n h read:
! For our vice chancellor, Monsieur de
Maupeou, to hold this day in inquiry
at the house known as No. IL, Rue Coo
: Heron into the conduct of certain per-
: sons under suspicion as enemies to the
state. Giving the said Monsieur de
|, Maupeou full owe to seize all docu-
ments that may cast light on the con-
duct of the persons indicted, with DOW
: er to arrest and detain for further ax-
animation any person or persons con-
!, corning whom, in his judgment, the
evidence may direct itself.
(Signed)
"Ati Our Palace OF Versailles"
(Continued next week.)