Richelieu: . ill engage to give the Dukes despatchTo whom I send? , marry! RICHELIEU {aside). Huguet? No;He will be wanted elsewhere. — Joseph? — zealous,But too well known — too much the elder brother!Mauprat — alas ! it is his wedding day ! —Francois ? — the Man of Men ! — unnoted — young;Ambitious — {goes to the door) — Francois ! or, The Coiispiracy* 93 Enter Francois. RICHELIEU. Follow this fair lady; (Find him the suiting garments, Marion,) take My fleetest steed : — arm thy-self to the teeth; A packet will be given you —with orders, No matter what! — The in-stant that your hand
Richelieu: . ill engage to give the Dukes despatchTo whom I send? , marry! RICHELIEU {aside). Huguet? No;He will be wanted elsewhere. — Joseph? — zealous,But too well known — too much the elder brother!Mauprat — alas ! it is his wedding day ! —Francois ? — the Man of Men ! — unnoted — young;Ambitious — {goes to the door) — Francois ! or, The Coiispiracy* 93 Enter Francois. RICHELIEU. Follow this fair lady; (Find him the suiting garments, Marion,) take My fleetest steed : — arm thy-self to the teeth; A packet will be given you —with orders, No matter what! — The in-stant that your hand Closes upon it — clutch it,like your honour, Which Death alone can steal,or ravish — set Spurs to your steed — bebreathless, till you stand Again before me. — Stay, Sir ! — You will find meTwo short leagues hence — at Ruelle, in my man, be blithe ! — for — note me — from the hourI grasp that packet — think your guardian StarRains fortune on you ! —. I fail 94 Richelieu RICHELIEU. Fail —fail?In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reservesFor a bright manhood, there is no such wordAs—fail! — (You will instruct him further, Marion.)Follow her—but at distance; —speak not to her,Till you are housed. — Farewell, boy ! Never sayFail again. FRANCOIS. I will not! RICHELIEU (patting his locks). There s my young hero ! —\_Exeimt Francois, Marion. , they would seize my person in this palace? —I cannot guess their scheme; —but my retinueIs here too large ! — a single traitor couldStrike impotent the faith of thousands; —Joseph,Art sure of Huguet? — Think —we hanged his Father ! you have bought the Son; — heaped favours onhim ! ! — favours past — thats nothing. — In his hoursOf confidence with you, has he named the favoursTo come — he counts on? or, The Conspiracy. 95 JOSEPH. Yes : — a Colonels rank,And Letters of Nobility. RICHELIEU. What, Hugue
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