7 This expression has allusion to the mysteries or religious
plays so frequently performed in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries. The Mystery of Vengeance, which depicted the
misfortunes which fell upon those who had taken part in the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ, such as Pontius Pilate, &c, and
ended by the capture and destruction of Jerusalem, properly
came after the Mysteries of the Passion and the
Resurrection.--L.
When the agreement had been made, the Queen returned to her apartment
and the gentleman to his house, both being so well pleased that they had
forgotten all their former troubles. The jealousy they had previously
felt at the King's visits to the lady was now changed to desire, so that
the gentleman went oftener than usual to his house in the country, which
was only half a league distant. As soon as the King was advised of his
departure, he never failed to go and see the lady; and the gentleman,
when night was come, betook himself to the castle to the Queen, where
he did duty as the King's lieutenant, and so secretly that none ever
discovered it.
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