Prince Eugene and His Times

d so intensely for the privilege of grieving without witnesses, that he felt as if no boon on earth was comparable to s

his slow, measured step, as forth and back he had

enses in for

. The poor fellow then threw himself down on the carpet and slept for several hours. He was awakened by his father, the only servant besides himself that had remain

The door was just sufficiently opened to give passage to the latter, was hastily closed, and the bolt was heard to sli

o out, and, as I go on an affair of importance, order the state-coach, two footmen, and two outriders.

highness!" excla

ut

ootmen-no outride

e that the rascals may be found and re-engaged. Go

cesses to the Hotel Ca

for the Hotel de Soissons must be open, and I must have a household befitting my rank. Be as

ur highness mu

ervants have deserted? Or has the coo

he rest, but he is in the neighbor

de breakfast. But, above all things, find me footmen and outr

later, the state-coach stood before the portal of the palace, and the outriders and footmen were each man

of grateful recognition, and inquired whether he had re

" was the old man's reply. "I was on

and I may rely upon your loyalty. And the rest of you," continued he, looking

them, eagerly, "I had the honor

you, Louis. I know tha

serve you from the bottom of our hearts. The hotel was empty, and we had su

delity this very day. Conrad, get in the coach wi

him the acme of presumption. He took his seat with a look of most comic embarrassment, and

f a countess, who, for three days in succession, had been publicly summoned before the tribunal of justice; but of the young prince, who was the solitary occupant of the coach, they took no notice whatever. He was not guilty, therefore he provoked no curiosity; he was not handsome, therefore he attra

ng pause Eugene began to speak in low, earnest tones, the embarrassed expression of th

the party. He is already burning to revenge himself upon the Louvois family for taking precedence of carriages that have the right t

g your powers to-day in the Pre aux Clercs, and I on

fail, your highne

be an affray, and perc

ill reward you handsom

ed, and we have not ye

ill

ascertain the cause

street is blocked up with carriages that extend all the way to the entran

o discuss the manner of your attack. But by all means let it be in the P

ing uniforms, and the women, resplendent with diamonds, wore long trains of velvet or satin, borne by gayly-attired pages, nobody had eyes for a little abbe, clad in russet gown, with buttons of brass; so that Eugene was

ssons, not only in the affections of Cardinal Mazarin, but also in those of the king. When the heart of Louis had wearied of the elder sister, its capricious lon

nce. Perhaps Louis fathomed her intentions, and resolved to punish her ambition, for he suddenly manifested a willingness to marry the Spanish princess, whom Mazarin had vainly endeavored to force upon him as a wi

ations of the king with his new favorite De Maintenon. When the obsequious courtiers were vying with each other as to who should minister most successfully to the vanity of the monarch that considered himself as the state; when princes and

eived as a condescension. And yet, in that very hour, the Duchess de Bouillon was under impeachment for crime. Her summons had been sent "in the name of the king;" but everybody knew that it was the work

smiling affability which was the result of his temperament, and had procured for him from one of his adorers the surname of Phoebus. But, all of a sudden, a cloud was seen to obscure the f

here. Methinks the proper place for you both this morning wo

it now; and since the day has dawned on which my aunt is to appear before he

ouis, to the handsome broth

to the affairs of this world. Now that I have worshipped at the shrine of m

nfessor. Pere la Chaise looked displeased; he had no relish for court nonsense at any time; but what availed his

s confessor's vexation, for he blushed,

e unto all men; and as this is the day fixed for the trial of a noble lady of France, for crimes of which I hope and believe that she will be found innocent, I have deemed it prop

obsequious courtiers, imitating as far as they could the devotional demeanor of the king; and, following the latter, came Pere la Chaise-the only man in all the crowd who walked with head erect. His larg

d, letting fall the mantle of his

th your attendance in chapel this morning, and yo

their dismissal: it was a command from his majesty to repair to the Hotel de Bouillon. They hastened to avail themselves of t