Chicot the Jester Part 142
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"Yes, to you. Can one accuse you of anything so bad, that it is not true?"
"My brother!"
"Bah! you have no brother here. I have long been meditating a discourse, and now you shall have it. I divide it into three heads. First, you are a tyrant; second, you are a satyr; third, you are dethroned."
"Dethroned!"
"Neither more or less. This abbey is not like Poland, and you cannot fly."
"Ah! a snare!"
"Oh, Valois, learn that a king is but a man."
"You are violent, my brother."
"Pardieu! do you think we imprison you to flatter you?"
"You abuse your religious calling."
"There is no religion."
"Oh, you are a saint, and say such things!"
"I have said it."
"You speak dreadfully, my brother."
"Come, no preaching; are you ready?"
"To do what?"
"To resign your crown; I am charged to demand it of you."
"You are committing a mortal sin."
"Oh! I have right of absolution, and I absolve myself in advance.
Come, renounce, Brother Valois."
"Renounce what?"
"The throne of France."
"Rather death!"
"Oh! then you shall die! Here is the prior returning. Decide!"
"I have my guards--my friends; they will defend me."
"Yes, but you will be killed first."
"Leave me at least a little time for reflection."
"Not an instant!"
"Your zeal carries you away, brother," said the prior, opening the door; and saying to the king, "Your request is granted,"
he shut it again.
Henri fell into a profound reverie. "I accept the sacrifice,"
he said, after the lapse of ten minutes.
"It is done--he accepts!" cried Gorenflot.
The king heard a murmur of joy and surprise.
"Read him the act," said a voice, and a monk pa.s.sed a paper to Gorenflot.
Gorenflot read it to the king, who listened with his head buried in his hands.
"If I refuse to sign?" cried he, shedding tears.
"It will be doubly your ruin," said the Duc de Guise, from under his hood. "Look on yourself as dead to the world, and do not force your subjects to shed the blood of a man who has been their king."
"I will not be forced."
"I feared so," said the duke to his sister. Then, turning to his brother, "Let everyone arm and prepare," said he.
"For what?" cried the king, in a miserable tone.
"For anything."
The king's despair redoubled.
"Corbleu!" cried Gorenflot, "I hated you before, Valois, but now I despise you! Sign, or you shall perish by my hand!"
"Have patience," said the king; "let me pray to my divine Master for resignation."
"He wishes to reflect again," said Gorenflot.
"Give him till midnight," said the cardinal.
"Thanks, charitable Christian!" cried the king:
"His brain is weak," said the duke; "we serve France by dethroning him."
"I shall have great pleasure in clipping him!" said the d.u.c.h.ess.
Suddenly a noise was heard outside, and soon they distinguished blows struck on the door of the abbey, and Mayenne went to see what it was. "My brothers," said he, "there is a troop of armed men outside."
"They have come to seek him," said the d.u.c.h.ess.
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