. Old Paris : its court and literary salons . received with honours thatmight have gratified the hero of Rocroi and Lenshimself. Infantry, cavalry, flags, and banners,with all the military and diplomatic grandeesassembled there, were waiting her arrival. Itwas a triumphal entry, and there was in her trainno more humble follower than her husband. Thescales had fallen from his eyes, and he wonderedat the blindness that had made him a worshipperof the mature charms of Madame de Montbazonand insensible to those of the youthful divinityhe now adored in his wife. Terrible havoc herbeauty made of the
. Old Paris : its court and literary salons . received with honours thatmight have gratified the hero of Rocroi and Lenshimself. Infantry, cavalry, flags, and banners,with all the military and diplomatic grandeesassembled there, were waiting her arrival. Itwas a triumphal entry, and there was in her trainno more humble follower than her husband. Thescales had fallen from his eyes, and he wonderedat the blindness that had made him a worshipperof the mature charms of Madame de Montbazonand insensible to those of the youthful divinityhe now adored in his wife. Terrible havoc herbeauty made of the hearts of the wily is wonderful, rivals as they were for her smiles,that they ever agreed on that Peace of were certainly a long time about it, andprobably the distracting beauty of Madame deLongueville was the cause. The Comte dAvaux, Voitures friend, and abel-esprit of some note, as well as a clever diplo-matist, was quite enslaved by her charms. His Prince de Condi*. Photo-etching from the Versailles Gallery. HER CONQUESTS AT MUNSTER 305 letters to Voiture were filled with her praises,and accounts of the sensation everywhere causedby her beauty. Her life at Miinster was but asuccession of triumphs, and, from DAvauxsreports, she enjoyed them immensely. Her por-trait was taken by Anselme Vanholl, and wasengraved, together with those of the duke, andthe Comtes dAvaux and Servien. They formedpart of the collection of portraits of princes anddiplomatists assembled at Miinster to discuss theterms of peace. It is not the most pleasing of thefew portraits still extant of la belle duchesse. Ithas an expression of weariness and it was the expression of her feeling atthe time, for she had begun to weary of Miinsterand to sigh for Paris. Friends were constantlyurging her to return. Voiture, who wrote often,told her that Rambouillet was longing for thesunshine of her presence^, and that totites lesrue lies gemissaient de son absence. While
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