Her Royal Lover: A Novel — page 187: what you’re looking at

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HER ROYAL LOVER. 179 may do to stifle it behind a wall of discretion, ascends slowly but surely to each class of society which it penetrates, increased still by the unwhole- some infectious filth of calumny. That which is certain, is that truth, that enormous force, comes to light anywhere in spite of and against everything. They were whispering here, very secretly, that which had really happened. Several persons, who were accustomed to ride at an early hour, had the same morning of the assault, alternately encoun- tered the king and Madame de Mineleko, going in the same direction. Madame de Mineleko, thanks to the influence of the powerful soporifics, had passed quite a peace- ful night. : The ambassador was able, with many precau- tions, to enter her chamber to contemplate her once more before his departure. She was in a state of great weakness; her prostration prevented her from perceiving the presence of her husband. This was, in every respect, a great blessing. Besides, had she been less stupefied, the princess would not have been able to see him, the nurse, in order to guard the patient from all emotion, having placed the prince behind the curtain of the bed; in this manner he could see without being seen. It was with a very heavy heart, and with a strange presentiment of misfortune, that the prince quitted the residence city. eEomichbooks.com