it, he believed that she was touched with the sight of the Duke,
and could not forbear telling her, that Monsieur de Nemours was
very happy to commence an acquaintance with her by an incident
which had something very gallant and extraordinary in it.

Madam de Cleves returned home with her thoughts full of what had
passed at the ball; and though it was very late, she went into
her mother's room to give her a relation of it; in doing which
she praised the Duke of Nemours with a certain air, that gave
Madam de Chartres the same suspicion the Chevalier de Guise had
entertained before.

The day following the ceremony of the Duke of Loraine's marriage
was performed; and there the Princess of Cleves observed so
inimitable a grace, and so fine a mien in the Duke of Nemours,
that she was yet more surprised.

She afterwards saw him at the Court of the Queen-Dauphin; she saw
him play at tennis with the King; she saw him run the ring; she
heard him discourse; still she found he far excelled everybody
else, and drew the attention of the company to him wherever he
was; in short, the gracefulness of his person, and the
agreeableness of his wit soon made a considerable impression on
her heart.

The Duke de Nemours had an inclination no less violent for her;
and hence flowed all that gaiety and sweetness of behaviour,
which the first desires of pleasing ordinarily inspire a man
with: hence he became more amiable than ever he was before; so
that by often seeing one another, and by seeing in each other