by Alexandre Dumas

Name: Twenty Years After — Chapter 4. Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-six
Author: by Alexandre Dumas

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“Twenty Years After — Chapter 4. Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-six”, published in 1845, is a work by by Alexandre Dumas. It explores elements such as Mazarin, queen and D'Artagnan.

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 4… (1845)

“ The queen shook her head. "Alas, I have them no longer!"
"How is it that you have no friends in your prosperity when you had many in adversity?"
"It is because in my prosperity I forgot those old friends, monsieur; because I have acted like Queen Marie de Medicis, who, returning from her first exile, treated with contempt all those who had suffered for her and, being proscribed a second time, died at Cologne abandoned by every one, even by her own son."
"Well, let us see," said Mazarin; "Isn't there still time to repair the evil? Search among your friends, your oldest friends." ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 4… (1845)

“ 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. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 4… (1845)

“ Do you know Monsieur d'Artagnan?" he added, looking steadfastly at the queen.
Anne of Austria received the blow with a beating heart.
"Has the Gascon been indiscreet?" she murmured to herself, then said aloud:
"Yes." said Mazarin, "As women suffer in avenging themselves. Come, let us come to the point. Do you know Monsieur de Rochefort?"
"One of my bitterest enemies -- the faithful friend of Cardinal Richelieu."
"I know that, and we sent him to the Bastile," said Mazarin.
"Is be at liberty?" asked the queen. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 4… (1845)

“ No! not the first prince of the blood, not the king's uncle, but the base conspirator, the soul of every cabal, who pretends to lead the brave people who are weak enough to believe in the honor of a prince of the blood -- not the prince nearest to the throne, not the king's uncle, I repeat, but the murderer of Chalais, of Montmorency and of Cinq-Mars, who is playing now the same game he played long ago and who thinks that he will win the game because he has a new adversary -- instead of a man who threatened, a man who smiles. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 4… (1845)

“ Endeavor to remember the names of those faithful servants who crossed the Channel, in spite of Monsieur de Richelieu, tracking the roads along which they passed by their blood, to bring back to your majesty certain jewels given by you to Buckingham. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 4… (1845)

“ Anne of Austria sought to read in Mazarin's face the occasion of this unexpected visit, since the cardinal usually came to her apartment only after every one had retired.
The minister made a slight sign with his head, whereupon the queen said to Madame Beauvais:
"It is time for the king to go to bed; call Laporte." ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 4… (1845)

“ Do you think," she said, with a ghastly smile, "that I shall be inclined to reopen this coffer to answer any future accusations?"
Mazarin, overcome by this determination, read the two letters. In one the queen asked for the ornaments back again. This letter had been conveyed by D'Artagnan and had arrived in time. The other was that which Laporte had placed in the hands of the Duke of Buckingham, warning him that he was about to be assassinated; that communication had arrived too late.
"It is well, madame," said Mazarin; "nothing can gainsay such testimony." ”

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