The marriage was solemnised at the Louvre; and in the evening the
King and the two Queens, with the whole Court, supped at Madam de
Chartres's house, where they were entertained with the utmost
magnificence. The, Chevalier de Guise durst not distinguish
himself by being absent from the ceremony, but he was so little
master of himself that it was easy to observe his concern.

The Prince of Cleves did not find that Mademoiselle de Chartres
had changed her mind by changing her name; his quality of a
husband entitled him to the largest privileges, but gave him no
greater share in the affections of his wife: hence it was, that
though he was her husband, he did not cease to be her lover,
because he had always something to wish beyond what he possessed;
and though she lived perfectly easy with him, yet he was not
perfectly happy. He preserved for her a passion full of violence
and inquietude, but without jealousy, which had no share in his
griefs. Never was husband less inclined to it, and never was
wife farther from giving the least occasion for it. She was
nevertheless constantly in view of the Court; she frequented the
Courts of the two Queens, and of Madame: all the people of
gallantry saw her both there and at her brother-in-law the Duke
of Never's, whose house was open to the whole world; but she had
an air which inspired so great respect, and had in it something
so distant from gallantry, that the Mareschal de St. Andre, a
bold man and supported by the King's favour, became her lover
without daring to let her know it any otherwise than by his cares
and assiduities. A great many others were in the same condition:
and Madam de Chartres had added to her daughter's discretion so
exact a conduct with regard to everything of decorum, that