298 OF THE DUKE OF SAEST-SDIOK.

I was that day to dine with M. and Madame

de To my engagement would have been

to set the the malignity of M. de Lauzun, at

1 not disappear; therefore I gave orders to my

as as I had dined I vanished. Nobody

t-vnrii,e get Into in}' chaise; and I quickly arrived at Paris,

to Maison's with eagerness easy to
Imagine.

I the Due de Koaifles. At the first

1 meas who to me in an ex-

but a though short preface, that

tlip had Ills two bastards and their male posterity

to all of the with full liberty to

all Jijfiutk*, and capacity to

to tl e t^r* Fie in «kfault of the

At tMa n.**-, wliJh I Jid not expect, and the secret of which
Lvl Liti »t . Kt1^ j r< ^rvt<L without a of It transpiring,

ri'V iru<» */l II **j.ivi ii*y Lta\l profoundly

^ :* U a1 *.i"> 1 Ii. Liy r,:!trLtI ,n-. They were soon disturbed
! y \ r!* - iT *. , tr.» , *.. A L-.?. TLe^e two commenced pacing
ti. .'L ^/ IT , -t..: ;' J v :tli tltlr feet ; pushed and struck the
1 *L.I .it i l=l* .-1! 'ijl, ;acL wi-he-1 to be louder than the
* t5" r, a:*'a L- t \ t\. L u^.- » .4\>j uldi their noise. I avow tbat
•> x ILH L Lu' /' *->.**. 1 ?-*:!.:, J- to me oa the part of two
IL.L, '.^, * -. j« :^-A - * ^r^^urtri and to wliom this rank was
ff LI c j>r /^tL..; 1L1, itLtr alwitys so tranquil, so crafty,
*> xn^tcr <.*f I :u -!,!£ I kiiew nut why tills sudden fury suc-
C'.r->..l t -^u :* -IiJtfCtel oppression; and I was not without
*a*j:cLit tliat tLtL' r^^oa w**s pat on merely to excite mine.
If t* > wit* i? ^ir d»*^n It ill I remained in my

c II1/ a^ktl the matter. My tran-

quliity Aaxfcn^i tlfeir fury. Never in my fife have I seen

^sarpl-iuj.

I tLczii if tit/ Lad If Instead of this

It w jull be to see whether some-

£ i ^t be ivne. Tfcey It precisely because

be a not only resolved on, but