CHAPTER XXXIX.

HOW THE WRETCHED SOMETIMES TAKE CHANCE FOR PROVIDENCE. "Well, madame," said de Winter, when the queen had dismissed her attendants. "Well, my lord, what I had foreseen has come to pass." "What? does the Cardinal decline to receive the king? France refuse hospitality to an unfortunate prince? But it is for the first time, madame!" "I did not mean France, my lord, I meant Mazarin, and he is not even a Frenchman." "But did you see the queen?" "It is useless," replied Henrietta; "the queen will not say 'yes' when the C…