Chicot the Jester Part 102
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"And you think violent measures will succeed?"
"What can I do, then?"
"Your plan will not do."
"Well, what is your idea?"
"Send an amba.s.sador."
"To whom?"
"To your brother."
"An amba.s.sador to that traitor! You humiliate me, mother."
"This is not a moment to be proud."
"An amba.s.sador will ask for peace?"
"Who will buy it if necessary."
"With what? mon Dieu!"
"If it were only to secure quietly, afterwards, those who have gone to make war on you."
"I would give much for that."
"Well, then, the end is worth the means."
"I believe you are right, mother; but whom shall I send?"
"Seek among your friends."
"My mother, I do not know a single man to whom I could confide such a mission."
"Confide it to a woman, then."
"My mother, would you consent?"
"My son, I am very old, and very weak, and death will perhaps await me on my return; but I will make this journey so rapidly that your brother and his friends will not have had time to learn their own power."
"Oh, my good mother!" cried Henri, kissing her hands, "you are my support, my benefactress!"
"That means that I am still Queen of France," murmured she.
CHAPTER LXIII.
IN WHICH IT IS PROVED THAT GRAt.i.tUDE WAS ONE OF ST. LUC'S VIRTUES.
The next morning, M. de Monsoreau rose early, and descended into the courtyard of the palace. He entered the stable, where Roland was in his place.
"Are the horses of monseigneur taught to return to their stable alone?" asked he of the man who stood there.
"No, M. le Comte."
"But Roland did so yesterday."
"Oh, he is remarkably intelligent."
"Has he ever done it before?"
"No, monsieur; he is generally ridden by the Duc d'Anjou, who is a good rider, and never gets thrown."
"I was not thrown," replied the count, "for I also am a good rider; no, I tied him to a tree while I entered a house, and at my return he had disappeared. I thought he had been stolen, or that some pa.s.ser-by had played a bad joke by carrying him away; that was why I asked how he returned to the stable."
"He returned alone, as monsieur said just now."
"It is strange. Monseigneur often rides this horse, you say?"
"Nearly every day."
"His highness returned late last night?"
"About an hour before you."
"And what horse did he ride? was it a bay with a white star on his forehead?"
"No, monsieur, he rode Isolin, which you see here."
"And in the prince's escort is there any one who rides such a horse as I describe?"
"I know of no one."
"Well," said Monsoreau, impatiently, "saddle me Roland."
"Roland?"
"Yes, are there any orders against it?"
"No; on the contrary, I was told to let you have any horse you pleased."
When Roland was saddled, Monsoreau said to the man, "What are your wages?"
"Twenty crowns, monsieur."
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