thatevent,addedshewithsadness,havingcausedhertosighmoreandtoshedmoretearsthanthelossofallherrelations,somuchthemorethattheQueenofScotlandwashernearrelativeandcloselyconnectedwiththeKingofFrance;andas,intheirremonstrances,MM。deChateauneufanddeBellievrehadbroughtforwardseveralexamplesdrawnfromhistory,sheassumed,inreplytothemonthisoccasion,thepedanticstylewhichwasusualwithher,andtoldthemthatshehadseenandreadagreatmanybooksinherlife,andathousandmorethanothersofhersexandherrankwerewontto,butthatshehadneverfoundinthemasingleexampleofadeedlikethatattemptedonher——adeedpursuedbyarelative,whomthekingherbrothercouldnotandoughtnottosupportinherwickedness,whenitwas,onthecontrary,hisdutytohastenthejustpunishmentofit:
thensheadded,addressingherselfspeciallytoM。deBellievre,andcomingdownagainfromtheheightofherpridetoagraciouscountenance,thatshegreatlyregrettedhewasnotdeputedforabetteroccasion;thatinafewdaysshewouldreplytoKingHenryherbrother,concerningwhosehealthshewassolicitous,aswellasthatofthequeenmother,whomustexperiencesuchgreatfatiguefromthetroubleshetooktorestorepeacetoherson’skingdom;andthen,notwishingtohearmore,shewithdrewintoherroom。
TheenvoysreturnedtoLondon,wheretheyawaitedthepromisedreply;
butwhiletheywereexpectingitunavailingly,theyheardquietlythesentenceofdeathgivenagainstQueenMary,whichdecidedthemtoreturntoRichmondtomakefreshremonstrancestoQueenElizabeth。
Aftertwoorthreefruitlessjourneys,theywereatlast,December15th,admittedforthesecondtimetotheroyalpresence。