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THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE'S BEDCHAMBER

The Duc de Guise escorted his sister-in-law, the Duchess de Nevers, to her hotel in the Rue du Chaume, facing the Rue de Brac, and after he had put her into the hands of her women, he went to his own apartment to change his dress, put on a night cloak, and armed himself with one of those short, keen poniards which are called "_foi de gentilhomme_," and were worn without swords; but as he took it off the table on which it lay, he perceived a small billet between the blade and the scabbard.
He opened it, and read as follows: