The Carmelite Convent at Bethune

           Greatcriminalsbearaboutthemakindofpredestinationwhichmakesthemsurmountallobstacles,whichmakesthemescapealldangers,uptothemomentwhichaweariedProvidencehasmarkedastherockoftheirimpiousfortunes.

           ItwasthuswithMilady.Sheescapedthecruisersofbothnations,andarrivedatBoulognewithoutaccident.

           WhenlandingatPortsmouth,MiladywasanEnglishwomanwhomthepersecutionsoftheFrenchdrovefromLaRochelle;whenlandingatBoulogne,afteratwodays’passage,shepassedforaFrenchwomanwhomtheEnglishpersecutedatPortsmouthoutoftheirhatredforFrance.

           Miladyhad,likewise,thebestofpassportsherbeauty,hernobleappearance,andtheliberalitywithwhichshedistributedherpistoles.Freedfromtheusualformalitiesbytheaffablesmileandgallantmannersofanoldgovernoroftheport,whokissedherhand,sheonlyremainedlongenoughatBoulognetoputintothepostaletter,conceivedinthefollowingterms:

           "TohisEminenceMonseigneurtheCardinalRichelieu,inhiscampbeforeLaRochelle.

           "Monseigneur,LetyourEminencebereassured.HisGracetheDukeofBuckinghamWILLNOTSETOUTforFrance.

           "MILADYDE——

           "BOULOGNE,eveningofthetwenty-fifth.

           "P.S.AccordingtothedesireofyourEminence,IreporttotheconventoftheCarmelitesatBethune,whereIwillawaityourorders."

           Accordingly,thatsameeveningMiladycommencedherjourney.Nightovertookher;shestopped,andsleptataninn.

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