"At Versailles, where I bade her keep close."
"Then go in, my princess."
Lady Dubarry opened the boudoir door and walked into her visitor's presence.
"I have already thanked my brother," she said, "for having procured me the honor of your ladyship's visit; but I must thank you at present for making it."
"I cannot find expressions," said the delighted suitor, "to show my gratitude for the kind reception granted me."
"Allow me," said Jean, as the ladies took seats; "the countess must not seem to be applying to you for a favor. The chancellor has confided a commission for you, that is all."
The visitor gave the speaker a thankful look, and handed the letters patent from the chancellor which created Luciennes a royal castle and intrusted Zamore with the governership.
"It is I who am obliged," said the younger countess, "and I shall consider myself happy when the chance comes for me to do something in my turn."
"That will be easy," cried the other with a quickness delighting the pair of plotters. "You will not be ignorant of my name?"
"How could we? The name of the princess to whom we owe King Henry the Fourth?"