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           Itwasthesecondtimethecardinalhadmentionedthesediamondstudstotheking.LouisXIIIwasstruckwiththisinsistence,andbegantofancythatthisrecommendationconcealedsomemystery.

           Morethanoncethekinghadbeenhumiliatedbythecardinal,whosepolice,withouthavingyetattainedtheperfectionofthemodernpolice,wereexcellent,beingbetterinformedthanhimself,evenuponwhatwasgoingoninhisownhousehold.Hehoped,then,inaconversationwithAnneofAustria,toobtainsomeinformationfromthatconversation,andafterwardtocomeuponhisEminencewithsomesecretwhichthecardinaleitherknewordidnotknow,butwhich,ineithercase,wouldraisehiminfinitelyintheeyesofhisminister.

           Hewentthentothequeen,andaccordingtocustomaccostedherwithfreshmenacesagainstthosewhosurroundedher.AnneofAustrialoweredherhead,allowedthetorrenttoflowonwithoutreplying,hopingthatitwouldceaseofitself;butthiswasnotwhatLouisXIIImeant.LouisXIIIwantedadiscussionfromwhichsomelightorothermightbreak,convincedashewasthatthecardinalhadsomeafterthoughtandwaspreparingforhimoneofthoseterriblesurpriseswhichhisEminencewassoskillfulingettingup.Hearrivedatthisendbyhispersistenceinaccusation.

           "But,"criedAnneofAustria,tiredofthesevagueattacks,"but,sire,youdonottellmeallthatyouhaveinyourheart.WhathaveIdone,then?LetmeknowwhatcrimeIhavecommitted.ItisimpossiblethatyourMajestycanmakeallthisadoaboutaletterwrittentomybrother."

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