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personages. Shabby supper given by Cardinal Mazarin to the queen's women. Departure of the Prince de Coude for Catalonia. His portrait. Death of the Prince of Orange The King of England betrayed by the Scotch. Quarrels about grace. Molinists and Jausenists ; the blame which the latter deserve. Anne of Austria supports the Jesuits. Journey of the Due and Dnchesse d'Orleans to Bourbon. Singular character of the duchess ; her portrait. Portrait of the Due d'Orle'ans. Devotions of Anne of Austria at the Val-de-Grace. Return to Paris of Madame de Longueville. She occupies almost the entire attention of the Court. Her intimacy with the Prince de Marsillac. Her portrait. Reasons of the queen's coldness to her. Capacity and activity of Cardinal Mazariu. His defects	168
CHAPTER VIII. 1647. Desires for peace. Mazarin suspected of not wishing it. Murmurs in Paris at the conduct of the war. Many of the malcontents exiled. Short stay of the Court at Dieppe ; attachment of the inhabitants to the king's person. Return of the Court to Paris. Illness of the Due d'Anjou, the little Monsieur. Portrait of that young prince. Opposition of the parliament to a tax on provisions. Conference at the Palais-Royal on this subject. The tax is Toted. Arrival at the Court of the Mancini. Their portraits. Courtiership of the Comte de Nogent. His wife presents the Mancini children to the queen. The Mazarin family little thought of in Rome. Harshness of the queen to the Dnchesse de Schomberg. Departure of the queen for Fontaiuebleau. Ill-will ofCardigaL.Mazarin to.Jladame^de^M^tteville. Thejjneen_ comforts her. Uprightness of Anne of Austria. Her piety embarrasses the cardinal. Evil consequences of her weakness towards the minister. Ability of the cardinal. The Prince of Wales, son of Charles I., visits the king and queen at Fontainebleau. Stiffness of the prince and Louis XIV. when together. Return of the Court to Paris. The king falls ill with small-pox, November, 1647. Peril of the king; a g n y f the queen. Characteristics of the young monarch. His recovery. Delicate behaviour of the Prince de Conde. The queen seized with fever, but recovers quickly. Her feelings during her illness. She spends Christmas at the Val-de-Grace. The king's recovery brings back the ladies who had fled the Court. The little king's reproaches to them. Bad disposition of all minds at the close of the year 1647	194