plainly saw she was far from having that tenderness of affection
for him, which was requisite to his happiness; it was manifest
she could not feel a passion which she did not understand.

The Chevalier de Guise returned from a journey a few days before
the marriage. He saw so many insuperable difficulties in his
design of marrying Mademoiselle de Chartres, that he gave over
all hopes of succeeding in it; and yet he was extremely afflicted
to see her become the wife of another: his grief however did not
extinguish his passion; and his love was as great as ever.
Mademoiselle de Chartres was not ignorant of it; and he made her
sensible at his return, that she was the cause of that deep
melancholy which appeared in his countenance. He had so much
merit and so much agreeableness, that it was almost impossible to
make him unhappy without pitying him, nor could she forbear
pitying him; but her pity did not lead to love. She acquainted
her mother with the uneasiness which the Chevalier's passion gave
her.

Madam de Chartres admired the honour of her daughter, and she
admired it with reason, for never was anyone more naturally
sincere; but she was surprised, at the same time, at the
insensibility of her heart, and the more so, when she found that
the Prince of Cleves had not been able to affect her any more
than others: for this reason, she took great pains to endear her
husband to her, and to make her sensible how much she owed to the
affection he had for her before he knew her, and to the
tenderness he since expressed for her, by preferring her to all
other matches, at a time when no one else durst entertain the
least thoughts of her.