You know that I received him, as my affianced husband, simply in obedience to my father's commands; and that my heart had no part in it.

God has broken the tie, and for that, even in this time of sorrow, I cannot but feel relief." At this moment there was a knock at the door.

Then the latch was lifted, and Pierre entered.
"What is the news, Pierre ?" "It is bad, sir.

The king has, in truth, put himself at the head of the massacre; and even in the Louvre, itself, several Huguenot gentlemen have been slain, though I could not learn their names.

It is said that some of them were slain in the presence of the young Queen of Navarre, in spite of her entreaties and cries.