quite other thoughts; and though he had not, Queen Mary found



herself so uneasy under the weight of the Spanish Crown, that I

can't believe her sister will be very desirous of it.' `If she



should not,' replied the Duke of Nemours, `it is probable she

will seek her happiness in love; she has been in love with my



Lord Courtenay for several years; Queen Mary too was in love with

him, and would have married him with consent of the states of her



kingdom, had not she known that the youth and beauty of her

sister Elizabeth had more charms for him than her crown; your



Majesty knows, that the violence of her jealousy carried her so

far, as to imprison them both, and afterwards to banish my Lord



Courtenay, and at last determined her to marry the King of Spain;

I believe Queen Elizabeth will soon recall that Lord, and make



choice of a man whom she loves, who deserves her love, and who

has suffered so much for her, in preference to another whom she



never saw.' `I should be of that opinion,' replied the King, `if

my Lord Courtenay were living, but I received advice some days



ago, that he died at Padua, whither he was banished: I plainly

see,' added the King, as he left the Duke, `that your marriage



must be concluded the same way the Dauphin's was, and that

ambassadors must be sent to marry the Queen of England for you.'



"Monsieur d'Anville and the Viscount, who were with the King

when he spoke to the Duke of Nemours, are persuaded that it is



the passion he is so deeply engaged in, which diverts him from so

great a design; the Viscount, who sees deeper into him than



anybody, told Madam de Martigny that he was so changed he did not

know him again; and what astonishes him more is, that he does not



find he has any private interviews, or that he is ever missing at

particular times, so that he believes he has no correspondence



with the person he is in love with; and that which surprises him

in the Duke is to see him in love with a woman who does not



return his love."

What poison did this discourse of the Queen-Dauphin carry in it



for Madam de Cleves? How could she but know herself to be the

person whose name was not known, and how could she help being



filled with tenderness and gratitude, when she learned, by a way

not in the least liable to suspicion, that the Duke, who had



already touched her heart, concealed his passion from the whole

world, and neglected for her sake the hopes of a Crown? It is



impossible to express what she felt, or to describe the tumult

that was raised in her soul. Had the Queen-Dauphin observed her



closely, she might easily have discerned, that what she had been

saying was not indifferent to her; but as she had not the least



suspicion of the truth, she continued her discourse without

minding her: "Monsieur d'Anville," added she, "from whom, as



I just told you, I had all this, believes I know more of it than

himself, and he has so great an opinion of my beauty, that he is



satisfied I am the only person capable of creating so great a

change in the Duke of Nemours."



These last words of the Queen-Dauphin gave Madam de Cleves a sort

of uneasiness very different from that which she had a few



minutes before. "I can easily come into Monsieur d'Anville's

opinion," answered she; "and 'tis very probable, Madam, that



nothing less than a Princess of your merit could make him despise

the Queen of England." "I would own it to you, if I knew it,"



replied the Queen-Dauphin, "and I should know it, if it were

true; such passions as these never escape the sight of those who



occasion them; they are the first to discern them; the Duke of

Nemours has never showed me anything but slight complaisances;



and yet I find so great a difference betwixt his present and

former behaviour to me, that I can assure you, I am not the cause



of the indifference he expresses for the Crown of England.

"But I forget myself in your company," added the Queen-Dauphin,



"and don't remember that I am to wait upon Madame: you know the

peace is as good as concluded, but perhaps you don't know that



the King of Spain has refused to sign it, but on condition of

marrying this Princess, instead of the Prince Don Carlos, his



son: the King was with great difficulty brought to allow it, but

at last he has consented, and is gone to carry the news to

• passion [´pæʃən] n.激情；激怒；恋爱 (初中英语单词)


• handwriting [´hænd,raitiŋ] n.笔迹；书法 (初中英语单词)


• confess [kən´fes] vt.供认；坦白；承认 (初中英语单词)


• guilty [´gilti] a.有罪的；心虚的 (初中英语单词)


• satisfaction [,sætis´fækʃən] n.满意；满足 (初中英语单词)


• revenge [ri´vendʒ] vt.报复 n.报仇；报复 (初中英语单词)


• restore [ri´stɔ:] vt.(使)恢复；修复 (初中英语单词)


• tribute [´tribju:t] n.贡物；献礼；颂词 (初中英语单词)


• grieve [gri:v] v.&n.(使)悲痛；哀悼 (初中英语单词)


• horror [´hɔrə] n.恐怖；战栗 (初中英语单词)


• complaint [kəm´pleint] n.抱怨；叫屈 (初中英语单词)


• perceive [pə´si:v] vt.察觉；看出；领悟 (初中英语单词)


• hatred [´heitrid] n.憎恨，敌意 (初中英语单词)


• desperate [´despərit] a.拼死的；绝望的 (初中英语单词)


• assist [ə´sist] v.协助；援助；搀扶 (初中英语单词)


• capable [´keipəbəl] a.有能力；能干的 (初中英语单词)


• equally [´i:kwəli] ad.相等地；平等地 (初中英语单词)


• resolution [,rezə´lu:ʃən] n.决心；坚决；果断 (初中英语单词)


• whereas [weər´æz] conj.鉴于；因此；而 (初中英语单词)


• monsieur [mə´sjə:] n.先生 (初中英语单词)


• arrival [ə´raivəl] n.到达；到达的人(物) (初中英语单词)


• absence [´æbsəns] n.不在，缺席；缺乏 (初中英语单词)


• extraordinary [ik´strɔ:dinəri] a.非常的；额外的 (初中英语单词)


• intimate [´intimit] a.亲密的 n.知己 (初中英语单词)


• properly [´prɔpəli] ad.适当地；严格地 (初中英语单词)


• abandon [ə´bændən] vt.抛弃，放弃，离弃 (初中英语单词)


• whatever [wɔt´evə] pron.&a.无论什么 (初中英语单词)


• encourage [in´kʌridʒ] vt.鼓励；怂勇；促进 (初中英语单词)


• beginning [bi´giniŋ] n.开始，开端；起源 (初中英语单词)


• obtain [əb´tein] v.获得；买到；得到承认 (初中英语单词)


• majesty [´mædʒisti] n.壮丽；崇高；尊严 (初中英语单词)


• advise [əd´vaiz] vt.忠告；建议；通知 (初中英语单词)


• probable [´prɔbəbəl] a.大概的n.很可能的事 (初中英语单词)


• violence [´vaiələns] n.猛烈；暴力(行) (初中英语单词)


• missing [´misiŋ] a.缺掉的；失踪的 (初中英语单词)


• poison [´pɔizən] n.毒物 v.毒害 a.有毒的 (初中英语单词)


• gratitude [´grætitju:d] n.感激，感谢 (初中英语单词)


• suspicion [sə´spiʃən] n.怀(猜)疑；嫌疑 (初中英语单词)


• princess [,prin´ses] n.公主；王妃；亲王夫人 (初中英语单词)


• prince [´prins] n.王子；亲王；君主 (初中英语单词)


• mutual [´mju:tʃuəl] a.相互的；共同的 (高中英语单词)


• obedience [ə´bi:djəns] n.服从；顺从 (高中英语单词)


• probability [,prɔbə´biliti] n.或有；可能性 (高中英语单词)


• precisely [pri´saisli] ad.精确地；刻板地 (高中英语单词)


• inclination [,inkli´neiʃən] n.倾斜；爱好；天资 (高中英语单词)


• misfortune [mis´fɔ:tʃən] n.不幸；灾祸 (高中英语单词)


• pretence [pri´tens] n.假装；托词；无理要求 (高中英语单词)


• anguish [´æŋgwiʃ] n.(极度的)痛苦；苦恼 (高中英语单词)


• injustice [in´dʒʌstis] n.不公正，不公平 (高中英语单词)


• pleasing [´pli:ziŋ] a.使人愉快的；合意的 (高中英语单词)


• impart [im´pɑ:t] vt.传授；赋予；告知 (高中英语单词)


• notwithstanding [,nɔtwiθ´stændiŋ] prep.&conj.虽然；还是 (高中英语单词)


• correspondence [,kɔri´spɔndəns] n.通信；符合；相当 (高中英语单词)


• resent [ri´zent] vt.不满于；怨恨；忿恨 (高中英语单词)


• melancholy [´melənkəli] n.忧郁 a.忧郁的 (高中英语单词)


• related [ri´leitid] a.叙述的；有联系的 (高中英语单词)


• positively [´pɔzətivli] ad.确实；断然；绝对 (高中英语单词)


• competitor [kəm´petitə] n.竞争者；比赛者 (高中英语单词)


• uneasy [ʌn´i:zi] a.不安的；不自在的 (高中英语单词)


• jealousy [´dʒeləsi] n.妒忌；猜忌 (高中英语单词)


• imprison [im´prizən] vt.监禁，下狱 (高中英语单词)


• banish [´bæniʃ] vt.流放；消除(顾虑等) (高中英语单词)


• preference [´prefərəns] n.优先选择；偏爱(物) (高中英语单词)


• discourse [´diskɔ:s] n.论文；演说；说教 (高中英语单词)


• tenderness [´tendənis] n.娇嫩；柔软；温柔 (高中英语单词)


• learned [´lə:nid] a.有学问的，博学的 (高中英语单词)


• liable [´laiəbəl] a.易于…的；有责任的 (高中英语单词)


• indifferent [in´difrənt] a.不关心的；中立的 (高中英语单词)


• discern [di´sə:n] v.辩认出 (高中英语单词)


• indifference [in´difrəns] n.冷淡；无足轻重 (高中英语单词)


• authoritative [ɔ:´θɔrətətiv] a.可信的；命令的 (英语四级单词)


• disobey [,disə´bei] v.不服从；不听命令 (英语四级单词)


• unjust [ʌn´dʒʌst] a.不公平(正)的 (英语四级单词)


• incapable [in´keipəbəl] a.无能力的；不能的 (英语四级单词)


• consolation [,kɔnsə´leiʃən] n.安慰，慰问 (英语四级单词)


• conjure [´kʌndʒə] v.祈求；召(鬼)；变魔术 (英语四级单词)


• retirement [ri´taiəmənt] n.退休；撤退；幽静处 (英语四级单词)


• seeming [´si:miŋ] a.表面上的 n.外观 (英语四级单词)


• reputation [repju´teiʃən] n.名誉；名声；信誉 (英语四级单词)


• forsake [fə´seik] vt.遗弃，抛弃，摒绝 (英语四级单词)


• dispense [di´spens] v.分配；施与；执行 (英语四级单词)


• passionately [´pæʃənitli] ad.多情地；热烈地 (英语四级单词)


• censure [´senʃə] vt.&n.责备；非难 (英语四级单词)


• desirous [di´zaiərəs] a.渴望的；想往的 (英语四级单词)


• uneasiness [ʌn´i:zinis] n.不安，担忧；不自在 (英语四级单词)


• publicly [´pʌblikli] ad.公然；公众所有地 (英语六级单词)


• averse [ə´və:s] a.反对的，不乐意的 (英语六级单词)


• speaking [´spi:kiŋ] n.说话 a.发言的 (英语六级单词)


• enthusiast [in´θju:ziæst] n.热衷者，渴慕者 (英语六级单词)


• affliction [ə´flikʃən] n.痛苦，苦恼；折磨 (英语六级单词)