Part 47 (1/2)
”Hold your tongue,” replied Ara were possible”
At this moment they were hailed by a voice froe were aboard The captain was only waiting for his passengers; hardly had they put foot on deck ere her head was turned towards Hastings, where they were to disembark At this instant the three friends turned, in spite of theure which pursued them and now stood out with a distinctness still Then a voice reached the, sirs, in England”
44 Te Deum for the Victory of Lens
The bustle which had been observed by Henrietta Maria and for which she had vainly sought to discover a reason, was occasioned by the battle of Lens, announced by the prince's er, the Duc de Chatillon, who had taken such a noble part in the engages, taken from the Lorraine party, as well as from the Spaniards, upon the arches of Notre Dame
Such neas decisive; it destroyed, in favor of the court, the struggle coiven for all the taxes summarily imposed and to which the parlia the honor of France and the uncertain hope of beating the eneen, they had experienced nothing but reverses; the parliainary victories, always prohting, a triumph and a complete one And this all kneell that it was a double victory for the court, a victory at ho learned the news he exclaientlemen of the parliament, we shall see what you will say now!” Upon which the queen had pressed the royal child to her heart, whose haughty and unruly sentiments were in such har, but nothing transpired of what had been decided on It was only known that on the following Sunday a Te Deu at Notre Da Sunday, then, the Parisians arose with joy; at that period a Te Deurand affair; this kind of cerereat effect The shops were deserted, houses closed; every one wished to see the young king with his mother, and the famous Cardinal Mazarin whom they hated so much that no one wished to be deprived of his presence Moreover, great liberty prevailed throughout the immense crowd; every opinion was openly expressed and chorused, so to speak, of co insurrection, as the thousand bells of all the Paris churches rang out the Te Deu for presented itself to disturb this concert of universal hatred or freeze the frequent scoffs of slanderous lips
Nevertheless, at eight o'clock in the uards, coes,off from the Palais Royal as far as Notre Dame, a hted as they ith military music and brilliant uniforms
Friquet had put on his Sunday clothes, under the pretext of having a swollen face which he hada handful of cherry kernels into one side of hisBazin, Friquet started off to the Palais Royal, where he arrived at the uards; and as he had only gone there for the enjoy thethe dru from that exercise to that of the trumpet, which he counterfeited quite naturally with his mouth in a manner which had more than once called forth the praises of amateurs of imitative harmony
This aens to the place of Notre Dame, and Friquet found in it very real enjoyiment separated, penetrated the heart of the city and placed itself at the extremity of the Rue Saint Christophe, near the Rue Cocatrix, in which Broussel lived, then Friquet re in which direction he had better turn his steps in order to accomplish this important act of the day, he reflected deeply and decided that Councillor Broussel should bear the cost of this repast
In consequence he took to his heels, arrived breathlessly at the councillor's door, and knocked violently
His mother, the councillor's old servant, opened it
”What doest thou here, good-for-nothing?” she said, ”and why art thou not at Notre Dame?”
”I have been there, s happen of which Master Broussel ought to be warned, and so with Monsieur Bazin's perer--I came to speak to Monsieur Broussel”
”And what hast thou to say, boy, to Monsieur Broussel?”
”I wish to tell hiht, ”that there is a whole regi this way And as I hear everywhere that at the court they are ill-disposed to hiuard”
Broussel heard the screa oddity, and, enchanted with this excess of zeal, ca in his room on the second
”Well,” said he, ”friend, what uards to us, and art thou not mad to make such a disturbance? Knowest thou not that it is the custom of these soldiers to act thus and that it is usual for the regioes by?”
Friquet counterfeited surprise, and twisting his new cap around in his fingers, said: ”It is not astonishi+ng for you to know it, Monsieur Broussel, who knows everything; but as for ive you good advice; you ry with me for that, Monsieur Broussel”
”On the contrary, my boy, on the contrary, I am pleased with your zeal Daueville sent to us yesterday froive half a dozen of them to your son, with a crust of new bread”
”Oh, thank you, sir, thank you, Monsieur Broussel,” said Friquet; ”I am so fond of apricots!”
Broussel then proceeded to his wife's room and asked for breakfast; it was nine o'clock The councillor placed himself at the ; the street was completely deserted, but in the distance was heard, like the noise of the tide rushi+ng in, the deep hu now around Notre Danan, with a coates of Notre Dame to secure the service of the church He had instructed Porthos to profit by this opportunity to see the ceremony; and Porthos, in full dress,the part of supernunan had so often done foreant of this conized Porthos, his old companion, and very soon all those who served under hi the honor of the ancient musketeers of Treville Porthos had not only been well received by the coreat aduns of the Louvre announced the departure of the king, and then a movement, similar to that of trees in a storh the multitude, which was couard At last the king appeared with the queen in a gilded chariot Ten other carriages followed, containing the ladies of honor, the officers of the royal household, and the court
”God save the king!” was the cry in every direction; the young ravely put his head out of the , looked sufficiently grateful and even bowed; at which the cries of thedown in the cathedral, a carriage, bearing the ares and proceeded slowly to the end of the Rue Saint Christophe, now entirely deserted When it arrived there, four guards and a police officer, who accompanied it, mounted into the heavycautiously th of the Rue Cocatrix, as if he aiting for some one
All the world was occupied with the ceremony, so that neither the chariot nor the precautions taken by those ithin it had been observed Friquet, whose eye, ever on the alert, could alone have discovered theone to devour his apricots upon the entablature of a house in the square of Notre Da, the queen and Monsieur Mazarin, and heard the mass as well as if he had been on duty
Toward the end of the service, the queen, seeing Co for a confir the Louvre, said in a whisper: ”Go, Coes immediately left the church and entered the Rue Saint Christophe Friquet, seeing this fine officer thus walk away, followed by two guards, aladly as the ceree
Hardly had the police officer observed Coes at the end of the Rue Cocatrix when he said one word to the coachman, who at once put his vehicle into es knocked at the door at the saes until the door should be opened
”What dost thou there, rascal?” asked Coo into Master Broussel's house, captain,” replied Friquet, in that wheedling way the ”gamins” of Paris knoell how to assume when necessary
”And on what floor does he live?” asked Coes
”In the whole house,” said Friquet; ”the house belongs to him; he occupies the second floor when he works and descends to the first to take his meals; he es
At thisquestioned the servant the officer learned that Master Broussel was at home and at dinner
Broussel was seated at the table with his fahters by his side, and his son, Louvieres, e have already seen when the accident happened to the councillor--an accident from which he had quite recovered--at the bottom of the table The worthythe fine fruit which Madaht of the officer Broussel was so him bow politely he rose and bowed also Still, in spite of this reciprocal politeness, the countenances of the women betrayed a certain amount of uneasiness; Louvieres became very pale and waited impatiently for the officer to explain hies, ”I a”
”Very well, sir,” replied Broussel, ”what is this order?” And he held out his hand
”I aes, in the same tone and with the same politeness; ”and if you will believethat long letter and follow ood people, so peacefully asse effect It was a horrible thing at that period to be i forward to snatch his sword, which stood against a chair in a corner of the roolance from the worthy Broussel, who in the midst of it all did not lose his presence of mind, checked this foolhardy action of despair Madame Broussel, separated by the width of the table fro to their father's ares, ””
”Sir,” said Broussel, ”I aive myself up a prisoner in this state; I es; ”the order is strict and must be put into execution this instant”
”I us to despair”
”Impossible!” cried a shrill voice froes turned and saw Daer and a brooood Nanette, be quiet, I beseech you,” said Broussel
”Me! keep quiet whilearrested! he, the support, the liberator, the father of the people! Ah! well, yes; you have to know es