Rochester bowed.

"One of those vigorous soldiers' heads seen nowhere but in France," added the princess, with the perseverance of a woman sure of impunity.
Rochester and Buckingham looked at each other, as much as to say,--"What can be the matter with her ?" "See, my lord of Buckingham, what Parry wants," said Henrietta.

"Go!" The young man, who considered this order as a favor, resumed his courage, and hastened to meet Parry, who, followed by D'Artagnan, advanced slowly on account of his age.

D'Artagnan walked slowly but nobly, as D'Artagnan, doubled by the third of a million, ought to walk, that is to say, without conceit or swagger, but without timidity.

When Buckingham, very eager to comply with the desire of the princess, who had seated herself on a marble bench, as if fatigued with the few steps she had gone,--when Buckingham, we say, was at a distance of only a few paces from Parry, the latter recognized him.
"Ah! my lord!" cried he, quite out of breath, "will your grace obey the king ?" "In what, Mr.Parry ?" said the young man, with a kind of coolness tempered by a desire to make himself agreeable to the princess.
"Well, his majesty begs your grace to present this gentleman to her royal highness the Princess Henrietta." "In the first place, what is the gentleman's name ?" said the duke, haughtily.
D'Artagnan, as we know, was easily affronted, and the Duke of Buckingham's tone displeased him.