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6 The above sentence being omitted in the MS. followed in
this edition, it has been supplied from MS. No. 1520 in the
Bibliotheque Nationale.--L.
On hearing these words the Queen was so greatly moved that, for fear
of showing in her countenance the trouble of her mind, she took the
gentleman's arm and went forth into a garden that was close to her
apartment. There she walked to and fro for a long time without being
able to say a word to him. The gentleman saw that she was half won, and
when they were at the end of the path, where none could see them, he
made a very full declaration of the love which he had so long hidden
from her. They found that they were of one mind in the matter, and
enacted (7) the vengeance which they were no longer able to forego.
Moreover, they there agreed that whenever the husband went into the
country, and the King left the castle to visit the wife in the town, the
gentleman should always return and come to the castle to see the Queen.
Thus, the deceivers being themselves deceived, all four would share in
the pleasures that two of them had thought to keep to themselves.
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