. Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century. -cerely for your help, as I am the first of your friendswhom you ever assisted to descend from a scaffold: *a bitter pleasantry, which must have smitten withmomentary shame even Gaston of Orleans. Neither the death of a member of the Royal House,nor the conversion of an abbe of the Court, were,however, events of sufficient importance to divert thethoughts of all classes for more than a very brief in-terval from the approaching marriage of the King;and, accordingly, Gaston was laid beside his illustriouskindred in the g
. Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century. -cerely for your help, as I am the first of your friendswhom you ever assisted to descend from a scaffold: *a bitter pleasantry, which must have smitten withmomentary shame even Gaston of Orleans. Neither the death of a member of the Royal House,nor the conversion of an abbe of the Court, were,however, events of sufficient importance to divert thethoughts of all classes for more than a very brief in-terval from the approaching marriage of the King;and, accordingly, Gaston was laid beside his illustriouskindred in the gloomy vaults of St. Denis, and theiron gates closed behind him, never again to revolveupon their hinges until they once more fell back toadmit another inmate to this Necropolis of departedroyalty, while De Ranee buried himself in the livingtomb of La Trappe, to fast and pray, exist in eternalsilence, and daily dig his grave with his own hands,without leaving any lasting impression upon the publicmind. Every eye was turned towards the Pyrenees. * Louis XIV. et son CHAPTER II Postponement of the Royal Marriage—Journey of the Court toSt. Jean de Luz—Marriage of Louis XIV.—Portrait of theYoung Queen—Meeting of the Kings of France and Spain—Mary de Mancini at Brouage—The Marquis de Peguilain—Return of the Court Towards Paris—The Prince ColonnaAsks the Hand of Mary de Mancini—She Rejects His Suit—Mesdemoiselles de Mancini Summoned to Fontainebleau—Indifference of the King at Their Meeting—Marriage ofMary de Mancini and the Prince Colonna—Her SubsequentCareer. CONSIDERABLE surprise was felt by the Courtwhen they received an intimation that the mar-riage of the Sovereign was postponed until the followingspring; the severity of the weather, and the conse-quent probability of a rigorous winter, being a pretextfor this delay on the part of the King of Spain, whocould not, as he asserted, expose himself withoutimprudence, at such a season, to a journey fo
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