sufferings,” the former replied.

“Who brings it?” asked Madame de Motteville, eagerly; “Monsieur Valot?”

“No; a lady from Flanders.”

“From Flanders? Is she Spanish?” inquired the queen.

“I don’t know.”

“Who sent her?”

“M.

Colbert.”

“Her name?”

“She did not mention it.”

“Her position in life?”

“She will answer that herself.”