"Do not make us wait supper, cousin," said the young monarch, graciously.

Scarcely had his equipages disappeared, when a letter was brought: the duke was ordered to quit the court and retire provisionally to Chantilly.

Madame de Prie was exiled to her estates in Normandy, where she soon died of spite and anger.

The head of the House of Conde came forth no more from the political obscurity which befitted his talents.

At length Fleury remained sole master.
He took possession of it without fuss or any external manifestation; caring only for real authority, he advised Louis XV.