Chapter 39: How, sometimes, the Unhappy mistake Chance for Providence

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌⁠Well, madame,” said De Winter, when the queen had dismissed her attendants.

“Well, my lord, what I foresaw has come to pass.”

“What? does the cardinal refuse to receive the king? France refuse hospitality to an unfortunate prince? Ay, but it is for the first time, madame!”

“I did not say France, my lord; I said the cardinal, and the cardinal is not even a Frenchman.”

“But did you see the queen?”

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌⁠“It is