Auvergnat whom she had brought with her from France, and whom she liked
very much. However, as the king sent word that he had not seen her for
two days, she left the wedding towards six o'clock in the evening, and
came to pay him a visit, accompanied by the Countess of Argyll and the
Countess of Huntly. While she was there, Durham, in preparing his bed,
set fire to his palliasse, which was burned as well as a part of the
mattress; so that, having thrown them out of the window all in flames,
for fear lest the fire should reach the rest of the furniture, he found
himself without a bed, and asked permission to return to the town to
sleep; but Darnley, who remembered his terror the night before, and who
was surprised at the promptness that had made Durham throw all his
bedding out of the window, begged him not to go away, offering him one of
his mattresses, or even to take him into his own bed. However, in spite
of this offer, Durham insisted, saying that he felt unwell, and that he
should like to see a doctor the same evening. So the queen interceded
for Durham, and promised Darnley to send him another valet to spend the
night with him: Darnley was then obliged to yield, and, making Mary
repeat that she would send him someone, he gave Durham leave for that
evening. At that moment Paris; of whom the queen speaks in her letters,
came in: he was a young Frenchman who had been in Scotland for some
years, and who, after having served with Bothwell and Seyton, was at
present with the queen. Seeing him, she got up, and as Darnley still
wished to keep her--

"Indeed, my lord, it is impossible," said she, "to come and see you. I
have left this poor Sebastian's wedding, and I must return to it; for I
promised to came masked to his ball."

The king dared not insist; he only reminded her of the promise that she
had made to send him a servant: Mary renewed it yet once again, and went