"For Madame de Belliere or Pellisson."
"It shall be done."
The carriage passed through Nantes, and took the route of Angers.
CHAPTER CXV.
IN WHICH THE SQUIRREL FALLS—IN WHICH THE ADDER FLIES.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon. The king, full of impatience, went to his cabinet on the terrace, and kept opening the door of the corridor to see what his secretaries were doing. M. Colbert, seated in the same place M. de Saint-Aignan had so long occupied in the morning, was chatting, in a low voice, with M. de Brienne. The king opened the door suddenly, and addressing them, "What do you say?" asked he.
"We were speaking of the first sitting of the States," said M. de Brienne, rising.
"Very well," replied the king, and returned to his room.
Five minutes after, the summons of the bell recalled Rose, whose hour it was.