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Raising the curtain, Louis XIV. offered his hand, and the royal brother and sister-in-law re-entered the cabinet, where their return was eagerly awaited by Madame de Maintenon, and uneasily expected by the minister of war.
"Monsieur de Louvois," said the king, "I am in possession of all the details that relate to the shameful abuse that has been