Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas père
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service, as I am to that of your majesty."
"I ask your pardon for him, cardinal," said the queen; "he is a child, not yet able to understand his obligations to you." The cardinal smiled. "But," continued the queen, "you have doubtless come for some important purpose. What is it, then?" Mazarin sank into a chair with the deepest melancholy painted on his countenance. "It is likely," he replied, "that we shall soon be obliged to separate, unless you love me well enough to follow me to Italy." "Why," cried the queen; "how is that?" "Because, as they say in the opera of `Thisbe,' `The whole world conspires to break our bonds.'" "You jest, sir!" answered the queen, endeavoring to assume something of her former dignity. "Alas! I do not, madame," rejoined Mazarin. "Mark well what I say. The whole world conspires to break our bonds. Now as you are one of the whole world, I mean to say that you also are deserting me." |
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