continually, completely ignoring his sister who was very fond of
him. It was at around this time that it became evident that this
sister, who later became the Queen of Navarre, had a liking for
the Duc de Guise, and another thing that became evident was a
cooling of the friendship between that Duc and the Duc d'Anjou.
The rumour linking the name of the Royal Princess with that of
the Duc de Guise disturbed The Princess de Montpensier to a
degree which surprised her, and made her realise that she was
more interested in the Duc than she had supposed.

Now it so happened that her father-in-law, M. de Montpensier,
married a sister of the Duc de Guise, and the princess was bound
to meet the Duc frequently in the various places where the
marriage celebrations required their presence. She was greatly
offended that a man who was widely believed to be in love with
"Madame", the King's sister, should dare to make advances to her,
she was not only offended but distressed at having deceived
herself.

One day, when they met at his sister's house, being a little
separated from he rest, the Duc was tempted to speak to her, but
she interrupted him sharply saying angrily "I do not understand
how, on the basis of a weakness which one had at the age of
thirteen, you have the audacity to make amorous proposals to a
person like me, particularly when, in the view of the whole
Court, you are interested in someone else." The Duc who was
intelligent as well as being much in love, understood the emotion
which underlay the Princess's words. He answered her most
respectfully, "I confess, Madame, that it was wrong of me not to
reject the possible honour of becoming the King's brother-in-law,