I am going to dispatch an affair about which I wish to converse with your majesty this very evening." "And the queens ?" asked Louis XIV.
"And M.le Duc d'Anjou," said his eminence.
At the same time he turned round in his _ruelle_, the curtains of which, in falling, concealed the bed.

The cardinal, nevertheless, did not lose sight of the conspirators.
"M.

le Comte de Guiche," said he, in a fretful voice, whilst putting on, behind the curtain, his dressing-gown, with the assistance of Bernouin.
"I am here, my lord," said the young man, as he approached.
"Take my cards, you are lucky.

Win a little money for me of these gentlemen." "Yes, my lord." The young man sat down at the table from which the king withdrew to talk with the two queens.

A serious game was commenced between the comte and several rich courtiers.