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The Princess of Cleves-Part16_Madame de La Fayette(1643-1693)_Translated Works(翻译文学)-第2页

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be false to Monsieur de Cleves, and be false to myself? In a

word, shall I go to expose myself to the cruel remorses and



deadly griefs that rise from love? I am subdued and vanquished

by a passion, which hurries me away in spite of myself; all my



resolutions are vain; I had the same thoughts yesterday that I

have today, and I act today contrary to what I resolved



yesterday; I must convey myself out of the sight of the Duke de

Nemours; I must go into the country, however fantastical my



journey may appear; and if Monseur de Cleves is obstinately bent

to hinder me, or to know my reasons for it, perhaps I shall do



him and myself the injury to acquaint him with them." She

continued in this resolution, and spent the whole evening at



home, without going to the Queen-Dauphin to enquire what had

happened with respect to the counterfeited letter.



When the Prince of Cleves returned home, she told him she was

resolved to go into the country; that she was not very well, and



had occasion to take the air. Monsieur de Cleves, to whom she

appeared so beautiful that he could not think her indisposition



very considerable, at first made a jest of her design, and

answered that she had forgot that the nuptials of the Princesses



and the tournament were very near, and that she had not too much

time to prepare matters so as to appear there as magnificently as



other ladies. What her husband said did not make her change her

resolution, and she begged he would agree, that while he was at



Compiegne with the King, she might go to Colomiers, a pretty

house then building, within a day's journey of Paris. Monsieur



de Cleves consented to it; she went thither with a design of not

returning so soon, and the King set out for Compiegne, where he



was to stay but few days.

The Duke de Nemours was mightily concerned he had not seen Madam



de Cleves since that afternoon which he had spent so agreeably

with her, and which had increased his hopes; he was so impatient



to see her again that he could not rest; so that when the King

returned to Paris, the Duke resolved to go to see his sister the



Duchess de Mercoeur, who was at a country seat of hers very near

Colomiers; he asked the Viscount to go with him, who readily



consented to it. The Duke de Nemours did this in hopes of

visiting Madam de Cleves, in company of the Viscount.



Madam de Mercoeur received them with a great deal of joy, and

thought of nothing but giving them all the pleasures and



diversions of the country; one day, as they were hunting a stag,

the Duke de Nemours lost himself in the forest, and upon



enquiring his way was told he was near Colomiers; at that word,

Colomiers, without further reflection, or so much as knowing what



design he was upon, he galloped on full speed the way that had

been showed him; as he rode along he came by chance to the



made-ways and walks, which he judged led to the castle: at the

end of these walks he found a pavilion, at the lower end of which



was a large room with two closets, the one opening into a

flower-garden, and the other looking into a spacious walk in the



park; he entered the pavilion, and would have stopped to observe

the beauty of it, if he had not seen in the walk the Prince and



Princess of Cleves, attended with a numerous train of their

domestics. As he did not expect to meet Monsieur de Cleves



there, whom he had left with the King, he thought at first of

hiding himself; he entered the closet which looked into the



flower-garden, with design to go out that way by a door which

opened to the forest; but observing Madam de Cleves and her



husband were sat down under the pavilion, and that their

attendants stayed in the park, and could not come to him without



passing by the place where Monsieur and Madam de Cleves were, he

could not deny himself the pleasure of seeing this Princess, nor



resist the curiosity he had to hear her conversation with a

husband, who gave him more jealousy than any of his rivals. He



heard Monsieur de Cleves say to his wife, "But why will you not

return to Paris? What can keep you here in the country? You



have of late taken a fancy for solitude, at which I am both

surprised and concerned, because it deprives me of your company:



I find too, you are more melancholy than usual, and I am afraid

you have some cause of grief." "I have nothing to trouble my



mind," answered she with an air of confusion, "but there is

such a bustle at Court, and such a multitude of people always at



your house, that it is impossible but both body and mind should




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