Old Touraine the Life And History of the Famous Chateaux of France volume 2
Old Touraine the Life And History of the Famous Chateaux of France volume 2
Theodore Andrea Cook
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But the Huguenot cause was not without its representatives even here. Groslot, the servant of Jeanne d'Albret, was watching the proceedings ; BLOIS {Continued) 151 Coligny and Chatillon are there too, talking with Moret of the visit of Theodore de Beze to Nerac, when all whisperings ceased suddenly, as Dayelle, the favourite waiting- woman of the Queen, an- nounced that their Majesties were entering the room. The face of Catherine, grave and sombre, almost livid in the daytime though the ivory ...skin lit up well at night, threw into lively contrast the fresh pink and white of the youthful and piquant Marie Stuart, whose careless gaiety had completely capti- vated the fragile little King, almost crushed by the severity of his mother. But on this morning at the Court at Blois all three seemed equally depressed, for strange news had reached them. The Guises, who arranged every- thing, had suddenly given out that the King's life was in danger, and he must go for safety to Amboise. By degrees the news spread through the ranks of attendant courtiers, to the guards who waited in the embrasures of the staircase, to the men-at-arms below.
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