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The Ballet of La Merlaison

           Atsixintheeveningtheguestsbegantocome.Asfastastheyentered,theywereplacedinthegrandsaloon,ontheplatformspreparedforthem.

           Atnineo’clockMadamelaPremierePresidentearrived.Asnexttothequeen,shewasthemostconsiderablepersonageofthefete,shewasreceivedbythecityofficials,andplacedinaboxoppositetothatwhichthequeenwastooccupy.

           Atteno’clock,theking’scollation,consistingofpreservesandotherdelicacies,waspreparedinthelittleroomonthesideofthechurchofSt.Jean,infrontofthesilverbuffetofthecity,whichwasguardedbyfourarchers.

           Atmidnightgreatcriesandloudacclamationswereheard.Itwastheking,whowaspassingthroughthestreetswhichledfromtheLouvretotheHoteldeVille,andwhichwereallilluminatedwithcoloredlanterns.

           Immediatelythealdermen,clothedintheirclothrobesandprecededbysixsergeants,eachholdingaFLAMBEAUinhishand,wenttoattendupontheking,whomtheymetonthesteps,wheretheprovostofthemerchantsmadehimthespeechofwelcomeacomplimenttowhichhisMajestyrepliedwithanapologyforcomingsolate,layingtheblameuponthecardinal,whohaddetainedhimtilleleveno’clock,talkingofaffairsofstate.

           HisMajesty,infulldress,wasaccompaniedbyhisroyalHighness,M.leComtedeSoissons,bytheGrandPrior,bytheDucdeLongueville,bytheDucd’Euboeuf,bytheComted’Harcourt,bytheComtedelaRoche-Guyon,byM.deLiancourt,byM.deBaradas,bytheComtedeCramail,andbytheChevalierdeSouveray.

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