Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century . for everything; for wherepersons of her rank entered a city, they became itsmasters, as was their right, and as she had an especialprivilege to be considered in a town which belongedto Monsieur. They replied by an abundance of compliments, towhich they found the Princess ready with the re-joinder, that she was quite convinced they were about,as they stated, to open their gates ; but that, for thereasons which she had already advanced, she was un-willing to leave them time to do so; after which sheturned the conversation
Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century . for everything; for wherepersons of her rank entered a city, they became itsmasters, as was their right, and as she had an especialprivilege to be considered in a town which belongedto Monsieur. They replied by an abundance of compliments, towhich they found the Princess ready with the re-joinder, that she was quite convinced they were about,as they stated, to open their gates ; but that, for thereasons which she had already advanced, she was un-willing to leave them time to do so; after which sheturned the conversation to other subjects, and continuedto converse with them as though nothing remarkable 242 Louis XIV. and had occurred—merely stating that she wished to pro-ceed at once to the Town-Hall, to attend the meetingwhich was to deliberate upon the entrance of theRoyal Counsellors into the city. She then sent an ex-empt to desire that her equipages might immediatelyjoin her; and from that moment she assumed theCommand of Orleans, without comment or opposi-tion. END OF VOLUME U.
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