"He found her pensive and melancholy, but he was all smiles.

'Good news, madam,' said he.

'Ah!' cried the queen, 'is it to be peace ?' 'More than that, Madame; I bring your Majesty both peace and the Infanta.'" The Spaniards had become uneasy; and Don Antonio de Pimentel had arrived at Lyons at the same time with the court of Savoy, bearing a letter from Philip IV.

for the queen his sister.

The Duchess of Savoy had to depart and take her daughter with her, disappointed of her hopes; all the consolation she obtained was a written promise that the king would marry Princess Margaret, if the marriage with the Infanta were not accomplished within a year.
The year had not yet rolled away, and the Duchess of Savoy had already lost every atom of illusion.