I have satisfied myself, therefore, with the sincerest pleasure, that your apprehensions have no foundation." "And," continued Monsieur, in an interrogative tone of voice, and fixing his eyes upon his brother, "what your majesty has discovered for Madame -- and I bow myself to your superior judgment--have you verified for those who have been the cause of the scandal of which I complain ?" "You are right, Philip," said the king; "I will reserve that point for future consideration." These words comprised an order as well as a consolation; the prince felt it to be so, and withdrew.
As for Louis, he went to seek his mother, for he felt that he had need of a more complete absolution than that he had just received from his brother.

Anne of Austria did not entertain for M.de Guiche the same reasons for indulgence she had had for Buckingham.

She perceived, at the very first words he pronounced, that Louis was not disposed to be severe.
To appear in a contradictory humor was one of the stratagems of the good queen, in order to succeed in ascertaining the truth.

But Louis was no longer in his apprenticeship; already for more than a year past he had been king, and during that year he had learned how to dissemble.
Listening to Anne of Austria, in order to permit her to disclose her own thoughts, testifying his approval only by look and gesture, he became convinced, from certain piercing glances, and from certain skillful insinuations, that the queen, so clear-sighted in matters of gallantry, had, if not guessed, at least suspected, his weakness for Madame.

Of all his auxiliaries, Anne of Austria would be the most important to secure; of all his enemies, Anne of Austria would prove most dangerous.