Part 41 (2/2)
Let us leave poor La Valliere, who had fainted in the arms of her two companions, and return to the precincts of the royal oak The young girls had hardly run twenty paces, when the sound which had so urethe branches of the bushes aside, he appeared upon the verge of the wood, and perceiving that the place was ehter It is almost superfluous to add that the for and handson to another, who thereupon ure, advancing tiht?”
”It see, ”and you can show yourself without fear”
”Take care, sire, you will be recognized”
”But I tell you they are flown”
”This is a , sire; and, if I dared offer an opinion to your h away by this time”
”They would quickly allow themselves to be overtaken, especially if they kneere following them”
”What do you mean by that, coxcomb that you are?”
”Why, one of them seems to have taken a fancy to reater reason e should not show ourselves, Saint-Aignan The sun never shows itself in the night-time”
”Upon my word, sire, your majesty seems to have very little curiosity In your place, I should like to knoho are the two nyood an opinion of us”
”I shall know the after them”
”By whatto the court, and the one who spoke of me had a remarkably sweet voice”
”Ah! your majesty permits yourself to be influenced by flattery”
”No one will ever say it is a ive o and look where I told you”
”Is the passion, then, which your otten?”
”Oh! no, indeed How is it possible to forget such beautiful eyes as Mademoiselle de la Valliere has?”
”Yet the other one has a beautiful voice”
”Which one?”
”The lady who has fallen in love with the sun”
”M de Saint-Aignan!”
”Forgive me, sire”
”Well, I am not sorry you should believe me to be an admirer of sweet voices as well as of beautiful eyes I know you to be a terrible talker, and to-morrow I shall have to pay for the confidence I have shown you”
”What do you mean, sire?”
”That to-ns upon this little La Valliere; but be careful, Saint-Aignan, I have confided my secret to no one but you, and if any one should speak to me about it, I shall knoho has betrayed ry, sire”
”No; but you understand I do not wish to coirl”
”Do not be afraid, sire”
”You proive you hing to himself; ”now every one will know to-ht”
Then, endeavoring to see where he was, he said: ”Why we have lost ourselves”
”Not quite so bad as that, sire”
”Where does that gate lead to?”
”To Rond-Point, sire”
”Where e going e heard the sound of women's voices?”
”Yes, sire, and the ter my own name pronounced by the side of your majesty's”
”You return to that subject too frequently, Saint-Aignan”
”Your hted to know that a wohts are occupied aboutto deserve it Your majesty cannot comprehend this satisfaction, for your rank and ard”
”No, no, Saint-Aignan, believefaht would lead them to the chateau; ”but this candid confession, this perfectly disinterested preference of one ill, perhaps, never attract my attention-in one word, the mystery of this adventure excites me, and the truth is, that if I were not so taken with La Valliere-”
”Do not let that interfere with your h before you”
”What do you mean?”
”La Valliere is said to be very strict in her ideas”
”You excite ain Co, on the contrary, could make him less anxious, but he had a part to play, and so he walked on hurriedly Saint-Aignan followed hi stopped; the courtier followed his exanan,” he said, ”do you not hear so?”