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INDEED, EVERY DAY THE KING ASKED THE CARDINAL WHEN THIS FETE SHOULD TAKE PLACE; AND EVERY DAY THE CARDINAL, UNDER SOME PRETEXT, DEFERRED FIXING IT. "MONSIEUR DE TREVILLE?" SAID THE STRANGER, BECOMING ATTENTIVE, "HE PUT HIS HAND UPON HIS POCKET WHILE PRONOUNCING THE NAME OF MONSIEUR DE TREVILLE? THE STRANGER, THEN PERCEIVING THAT THE MATTER WENT BEYOND RAILLERY, DREW HIS SWORD, SALUTED HIS ADVERSARY, AND SERIOUSLY PLACED HIMSELF ON GUARD. THE DISCOVERY OF A COMPLETELY UNKNOWN MANUSCRIPT AT A PERIOD IN WHICH HISTORICAL SCIENCE IS CARRIED TO SUCH A HIGH DEGREE APPEARED ALMOST MIRACULOUS.