Chapter 69
HOW M. LE DUC D'ANJOU WENT TO M***** TO CONGRATULATE MADAME DE MONSOREAU ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, AND FOUND HIM THERE BEFORE HIM. As soon as the duke left his mother, he hastened to Bussy to know the meaning of all his signs. Bussy, who was reading St. Luc's letter for the fifth time, received the prince with a gracious smile. "How! monseigneur takes the trouble to come to my house to seek me." "Yes mordieu, I want an explanation." "From me?" "Yes, from you." "I listen, monseigneur." "You tell me to steel myself against the suggestions of my mother, and to sustain the attack valiantly. I do so; and in the hottest of the fight you tell me to surrender." "I gave you all those charges, monseigneur, because I was ignorant of the object for which your mother came; but now that I see
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