When at last appointed successor to Saint Laurent, I never saw a man so glad, nor with more reason.

The extreme obligation he was under to the Chevalier de Lorraine, and still more the difficulty of maintaining himself in his new position, attached him more and more to his protector.
It was, then, Dubois that the Chevalier de Lorraine made use of to gain the consent of the young Duc de Chartres to the marriage proposed by the King.

Dubois had, in fact, gained the Duke's confidence, which it was easy to do at that age; had made him afraid of his father and of the King; and, on the other hand, had filled him with fine hopes and expectations.

All that Dubois could do, however, when he broke the matter of the marriage to the young Duke, was to ward off a direct refusal; but that was sufficient for the success of the enterprise.
Monsieur was already gained, and as soon as the King had a reply from Dubois he hastened to broach the affair.

A day or two before this, however, Madame (mother of the Duc de Chartres) had scent of what was going on.