12/12 The prince then flew into the wildest rage. He kicked over a chiffonier, which tumbled on the carpet, broken into pieces. He next went into the galleries, and with the greatest coolness threw down, one after another, an enameled vase, a porphyry ewer, and a bronze candelabrum. The noise summoned every one to the various doors. But before he came, Malicorne arrived, saying to the prince, "Monseigneur, the Chevalier de Lorraine is here." The duke looked at Malicorne, and smiled graciously at him, just as the chevalier entered.. |