. The seven richest heiresses of France. rence betweenMeilleraye and Fabert; the Commandant ofSedan was disinterested and consequently poor,while the Marshal was greedy and naturallyimmensely rich ; then he succeeded to transmitto his son the rank of grand-master of artillerytogether with several governorships. The suitors of Penelope must have been lessnumerous than those who contested for the beauti-ful Hortense. There were amongst them evencrowned heads. Charles II. of England—he waswithout a crown yet—asked Mazarin for his nieceshand. However, the Cardinal was not inclinedto burden himself
. The seven richest heiresses of France. rence betweenMeilleraye and Fabert; the Commandant ofSedan was disinterested and consequently poor,while the Marshal was greedy and naturallyimmensely rich ; then he succeeded to transmitto his son the rank of grand-master of artillerytogether with several governorships. The suitors of Penelope must have been lessnumerous than those who contested for the beauti-ful Hortense. There were amongst them evencrowned heads. Charles II. of England—he waswithout a crown yet—asked Mazarin for his nieceshand. However, the Cardinal was not inclinedto burden himself with a prince, although a grand-son of Henry IV., who was dispossessed of hiskingdom, had no money, and was very much indebt. Then the Prime Minister of France was infriendly relations with Cromwell, whom, naturally,such an alliance would offend. Mademoiselle de Montpensier, whose mentalequilibrium was upset by every marriage, saysthat it was on account of consideration for her thatMazarin did not take advantage of his Charles II. [to face IAOE 220 Seven Richest Heiresses of France Here are her own words : The next day afterhis arrival from Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the Cardinalcame to see me, and when we entered the boudoir,he said, I shall never be accused of preferringmy own interests to those of my master and allthose who have the honour of being connectedwith him. I am aware of the difference there isbetween his family and mine. Then he said : The King of England proposed to me to marrymy niece Hortense. I answered him that it wastoo great an honour, and that as long as there arethe Kings cousins to be married, he must notthink of my niece. Such language is not probable, for Mazarincould not have foro-otten that Mademoiselleordered a cannon to be fired from the Bastilleagainst the Cardinals partisans. If he hadspoken as she reported, then he was laughingat her, promising himself inwardly that for thatcannon she should enjoy the charms of did not no
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