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The Princess of Cleves-Part22_Madame de La Fayette(1643-1693)_Translated Works(翻译文学)-第2页

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of Chambort, which was newly built; the Queen expressed a great

deal of joy upon seeing Madam de Martigues again at Court, and



after having given her several proofs of it, she asked her how

Madam de Cleves did, and in what manner she passed her time in



the country. The Duke de Nemours and the Prince of Cleves were

with the Queen at that time. Madam de Martigues, who had been



charmed with Colomiers, related all the beauties of it, and

enlarged extremely on the description of the pavilion in the



forest, and on the pleasure Madam de Cleves took in walking there

alone part of the night. The Duke de Nemours, who knew the place



well enough to understand what Madam de Martigues said of it,

thought it was not impossible to see Madam de Cleves there,



without being seen by anybody but her. He asked Madam de

Martigues some questions to get further lights; and the Prince of



Cleves, who had eyed him very strictly while Madam de Martigues

was speaking, thought he knew what his design was. The questions



the Duke asked still more confirmed him in that thought, so that

he made no doubt but his intention was to go and see his wife; he



was not mistaken in his suspicions: this design entered so deeply

into the Duke de Nemours's mind, that after having spent the



night in considering the proper methods to execute it, he went

betimes the next morning to ask the King's leave to go to Paris,



on some pretended occasion.

Monsieur de Cleves was in no doubt concerning the occasion of his



journey; and he resolved to inform himself as to his wife's

conduct, and to continue no longer in so cruel an uncertainty" target="_blank" title="n.不可靠；不确定的事">uncertainty; he



had a desire to set out the same time as the Duke de Nemours did,

and to hide himself where he might discover the success of the



journey; but fearing his departure might appear extraordinary,

and lest the Duke, being advertised of it, might take other



measures, he resolved to trust this business to a gentleman of

his, whose fidelity and wit he was assured of; he related to him



the embarrassment he was under, and what the virtue of his wife

had been till that time, and ordered him to follow the Duke de



Nemours, to watch him narrowly, to see if he did not go to

Colomiers, and if he did not enter the garden in the night.



The gentleman, who was very capable of this commission, acquitted

himself of it with all the exactness imaginable. He followed the



Duke to a village within half a league of Colomiers, where the

Duke stopped and the gentleman easily guessed his meaning was to



stay there till night. He did not think it convenient to wait

there, but passed on, and placed himself in that part of the



forest where he thought the Duke would pass: he took his measures

very right; for it was no sooner night but he heard somebody



coming that way, and though it was dark, he easily knew the Duke

de Nemours; he saw him walk round the garden, as with a design to



listen if he could hear anybody, and to choose the most

convenient place to enter: the palisades were very high and



double, in order to prevent people from coming in, so that it was

very difficult for the Duke to get over, however he made a shift



to do it. He was no sooner in the garden but he discovered where

Madam de Cleves was; he saw a great light in the bower, all the



windows of it were open; upon this, slipping along by the side of

the palisades, he came up close to it, and one may easily judge



what were the emotions of his heart at that instant: he took his

station behind one of the windows, which served him conveniently



to see what Madam de Cleves was doing. He saw she was alone; he

saw her so inimitably beautiful, that he could scarcegovern the



transports which that sight gave him: the weather was hot, her

head and neck were uncovered, and her hair hung carelessly about



her. She lay on a couch with a table before her, on which were

several baskets full of ribbons, out of which she chose some, and



he observed she chose those colours which he wore at the

tournament; he saw her make them up into knots for an Indian



cane, which had been his, and which he had given to his sister;

Madam de Cleves took it from her, without seeming to know it had



belonged to the Duke. After she had finished her work with the

sweetest grace imaginable, the sentiments of her heart showing



themselves in her countenance, she took a wax candle and came to

a great table over against the picture of the Siege of Mets, in



which was the portrait of the Duke de Nemours; she sat down and

set herself to look upon that portrait, with an attention and



thoughtfulness which love only can give.

It is impossible to express what Monsieur de Nemours felt at this



moment; to see, at midnight, in the finest place in the world, a




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