His acquaintance with me was of the slightest, and I had no desire that it should increase; yet here he installed himself with a couple of servants, and bade fair to take a long stay.
"I was surprised, but on the morrow I had an explanation. A courier, arriving from an old friend of mine at Court, bore me a letter with the information at Monsieur de Chatellerault was come to Lavedan at the King's instigation to sue for my daughter's hand in marriage. The reasons were not far to seek. The King, who loves him, would enrich him; the easiest way is by a wealthy alliance, and Roxalanne is accounted an heiress. In addition to that, my own power in the province is known, whilst my defection on from the Cardinalist party is feared. What better link wherewith to attach me again to the fortunes of the Crown - for Crown and Mitre have grown to be synonymous in this topsy-turvy France - than to wed my daughter to one of the King's favourites?
"But for that timely warning, God knows what, mischief had been wrought.
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