Nemours. However, she carried away with her the ornaments which
the Queen-Dauphin had given her; but when she showed them her
mother, she told her that she did not design to make use of them;
that the Mareschal de St. Andre took a great deal of pains to
show his attachment to her, and she did not doubt he would be
glad to have it believed that a compliment was designed her in
the entertainment he gave the King, and that under the pretence
of doing the honours of his house, he would show her civilities
which would be uneasy to her.

Madam de Chartres for some time opposed her daughter's opinion,
as thinking it very singular; but when she saw she was obstinate
in it, she gave way, and told her, that in that case she ought to
pretend an indisposition as an excuse for not going to the ball,
because the real reasons which hindered her would not be approved
of; and care ought to be taken that they should not be suspected.

Madam de Cleves voluntarily consented to pass some days at her
mother's, in order not to go to any place where the Duke of
Nemours was not to be. However the Duke set out, without the
pleasure of knowing she would not be at the ball.

The day after the ball he returned, and was informed that she was
not there; but as he did not know the conversation he had at the
Dauphin's Court had been repeated to her, he was far from
thinking himself happy enough to have been the reason of her not
going.

The day after, while he was at the Queen's apartments, and
talking to the Queen-Dauphin, Madam de Chartres and Madam de