human
Your Majesty's royal ancestor said,'_Souvent femme varie_.' That may explain why Mademoiselle de Foy married one man, when the world, when even your Majesty, with subtle flattery,
gpt
My ancestor knew what he was talking about when he discussed womankind, Louis remarked.
human
Well, perhaps his saying explains the caprices of Hortense. I have not seen her for years. She rests ever in her provincial manoir. It may be she has changed much--her beauty vanished.
gpt
If so, your Majesty, at least she has transmitted it to her daughter. I have seen Mademoiselle de Roquemaure, and she is beautiful as ever her mother could have been. She was the guest of Madame de Chevreuse last summer.
human
I would I had seen her, too. She would have recalled Hortense de Foy as she was in her youth; perhaps, with what seemed to the wily minister something like a sigh,
gpt
Then changing his tone back to his ordinary one, he asked:
human
There is a son, the present Marquis de Roquemaure; why does he so rarely come to court?
gpt
He thinks, your Majesty, of but two things: first, the inheritance of the Duc de Vannes, of which, through his father, he is the heir on arriving at his thirtieth year; and, secondly, of his horses and hounds. But when he has attained his majority and has the duke's fortune, he proposes to present himself to your Majesty. And----