she had accepted the Duc's excuses and reflected on the trouble
into which she might be plunged if she engaged in something she
had always regarded with distaste and on the frightening misery
which a jealous husband might inflict on her. These thoughts made
her adopt new resolves, but they disappeared the next day on the
sight of the Duc de Guise.

The new alliance between their families gave the Duc many
opportunities to speak to her. He gave her an exact account of
all that passed between Madame and himself. He had difficulty in
allaying the jealousy to which the beauty of Madame gave rise and
any number of promises failed to reassure her. This jealousy
enabled the Princess to defend the remains of her heart against
the advances of the Duc, who already had won the greater part of
it.

The marriage of the King to the daughter of the Emperor
Maximilian filled the Court with fetes and celebrations. The King
put on a ballet in which Madame and all the princesses were to
dance; among them only the Princess de Montpensier could rival
Madame in beauty. The Duc d'Anjou and four others were to make an
appearance as Moors; their costumes would all be identical, as
was usual in this sort of performance. On the first occasion on
which the ballet was presented, the Duc de Guise, before the
dance began and before he had donned his mask, said a few words
to the Princess as he went past her. She saw clearly that the
Prince her husband had noticed this, which made her feel uneasy.
A little later, seeing the Duc d'Anjou in his mask and Moorish
costume, who was coming to speak to her, she mistook him for the
Duc de Guise and said to him "Do not have eyes for anyone but