which was now devoted to the Princess of Cleves. His impatience
of making a tour to England began to abate, and he showed no
earnestness in hastening his equipage. He frequently went to the
Queen-Dauphin's Court, because the Princess of Cleves was often
there, and he was very easy in leaving people in the opinion they
had of his passion for that Queen; he put so great a value on
Madam de Cleves, that he resolved to be rather wanting in giving
proofs of his love, than to hazard its being publicly known; he
did not so much as speak of it to the Viscount de Chartres, who
was his intimate friend, and from whom he concealed nothing; the
truth is, he conducted this affair with so much discretion, that
nobody suspected he was in love with Madam de Cleves, except the
Chevalier de Guise; and she would scarcely have perceived it
herself, if the inclination she had for him had not led her into
a particular attention to all his actions, but which she was
convinced of it.

She no longer continued to have the same disposition to
communicate to her mother what she thought concerning the Duke de
Nemours, as she had to talk to her about her other lovers; though
she had no settled design of concealing it from her, yet she did
not speak of it. Madam de Chartres, however, plainly perceived
the Duke's attachment to her daughter, as well as her daughter's
inclination for him; the knowledge of this could not but sensibly
afflict her, nor could she be ignorant of the danger this young
lady was in, in being beloved by, and loving so accomplished a
person as the Duke de Nemours: she was entirely confirmed in the
suspicion she had of this business, by an incident which fell out
a few days after.