La Dame De Monsoreau (1901)
“" said he.
The litter moved away slowly, followed by D'Aubigne, who, though he scolded his friend, was determined to watch over his king.
This departure freed Chicot from a terrible apprehension, for, after such a conversation with Henri, D'Aubigne was not the kind of man to let the imprudent person who heard it live.
" Let us see," said Chicot, creeping on all fours from under his bench, " ought I to tell the Valois of what has just occurred ? " And Chicot straightened himself up t...o banish the stiffness that had got hold of his legs.
" And why should he know it ? " continued the Gascon. " Two men in hiding and a woman with child! It would be cowardly. No, I will say nothing ; the important point is that I know it myself, since, after all, it is I who really reign." And Chicot, quite by himself, indulged in a few merry antics.
" There was something taking about the lovers," Chicot went on.MoreLess
The litter moved away slowly, followed by D'Aubigne, who, though he scolded his friend, was determined to watch over his king.
This departure freed Chicot from a terrible apprehension, for, after such a conversation with Henri, D'Aubigne was not the kind of man to let the imprudent person who heard it live.
" Let us see," said Chicot, creeping on all fours from under his bench, " ought I to tell the Valois of what has just occurred ? " And Chicot straightened himself up t...o banish the stiffness that had got hold of his legs.
" And why should he know it ? " continued the Gascon. " Two men in hiding and a woman with child! It would be cowardly. No, I will say nothing ; the important point is that I know it myself, since, after all, it is I who really reign." And Chicot, quite by himself, indulged in a few merry antics.
" There was something taking about the lovers," Chicot went on.MoreLess
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