"ANGELIQUE.:" "THE ROAD TO VERSAILLES" "paris UNDER louis xiv..." "HER HUSBAND, JOFFREY DE PEYRAC, having BEEN BURNT FOR witchcraft," "ANGELlQUE is HUNTED BY THE police AND HER MORTAL ENEMY," "THE king'S BROTHER." "SHE hides with THE BEGGARS," "WHOSE LEADER, CALEMBREDAlNE, is NONE OTHER THAN HER childhood friend, nicolas." "No, not the stake!" "It'll only hurt for a moment!" "Unlike the flames of hell, these are real!" "I'm innocent!" "You killed Count Peyrac." "He was burned because of your lies." "God take his soul!" "But not yours, it's too disgusting." "Peyrac was a sorcerer." "You set the police on his wife, too." "More wrongs than one man should be allowed to commit." "You'll all be hanged!" "Maybe." "But it's your turn first." "We sentence you to death." "Nothing else to say?" "It's harder to lie up there!" "He's gone." "Dead?" "Scared to death." "He cut our fun short!" "To the monk's death!" "And that of all traitors!" "To all cowards!" "No!" "I'm innocent!" "To the King!" "After the monk, the King." "Why not kill the King now?" "The Marquise will give the order!" "Shut up!" "You're drunk." "Speak." "Monsieur Calembredaine, you are the most powerful." "Even Rodogone's gang are afraid of you." "If the Great Coesre dies, you'll be the only chief left." "Unless you're hanged before then, with the rest of us, at Montfaucon." "Carry on." "Since she's been among us, we've done nothing but fool around." "We'll all swing from a rope at Montfaucon." "All for a smile from the beautiful Marquise!" "Go and draw some water from the well for the Marquise's bath, and heat it to the temperature she likes." "Go!" "You smell as fresh as a forest." "Leave me, Nicolas." "But we're celebrating today." "I'm afraid." "Not of the monk?" "We spent months tracking him down." "You're avenged now." "You cannot drink to a man's death." "To an enemy's death you can!" "With song, too." "No, it's too serious." "Our rough ways no longer please the Marquise, then?" "You're wrong." "I'll laugh when all my enemies are dead." "All of them?" "Yes, all of them." "Even the King's brother?" "Exactly." "You're insane!" "You'll get us all hanged." "La Polak is right." "Go back to her, then." "Heed me well. I don't care if I swing from the gallows." "lt's you I'm afraid for." "l'll follow this to the end!" "You'll never change." "Never!" "I'm the same as at Monteloup." "At Monteloup you were full of life, and I was in love with you." "And now?" "I still am." "Well, I'm here." "You're here for one thing only." "Vengeance." "After that, you'll return to your kind." "Well, I say no!" "No!" "As long as I have breath, you'll stay with me." "No, please." "I hate you." "I hate you." "I hate myself." "Yes, I know." "But I love you enough for both of us." "Leave me." "Charity, madame." "I have two widows to support." "You'll see this nowhere else!" "Fortune and health for two sous!" "Sweet wafers!" "Who wants sweet wafers?" "Take pity on an old soldier." "Marquise, a cornet of sweet wafers to help you find your sweet smile." "The only weakness in that charming and stubborn head." "A sweet tooth." "You know what, lads?" "He bought that cornet!" "He doesn't usually pay." "Well, we're rich today, aren't we, Flipot?" "Or soon will be." "That's right, lad. lt's your exam today." "Your examiners are waiting, Flipot." "Good luck!" "It's horrible!" "He'll get caught." "If he does, it means he has no talent and we don't want him." "Stop, thief!" "That's our cue!" "How did you do?" "He did well!" "You passed with flying colors, Flipot." "That calls for a drink." "Let's go and empty a bottle." "Just one bottle?" "No, the whole cellar!" "Are you sulking again?" "When I see my enemies." "There goes Brinvilliers." "The policeman's daughter?" "She was against Joffrey." "Take her jewels as a lesson!" "In broad daylight?" "We should wait for nightfall." "Are you afraid?" "We'll attack the carriage at the first street corner." "It's insane!" "Let's go!" "You, stay here." "No, I want to see." "Don't deprive me of that pleasure." "What do you want?" "This is just a start!" "The man with the dog!" "Let me go!" "Desist!" "Come!" "He won't hurt you now." "And you?" "l'm in no danger." "Come, Sorbonne." "This is for Mademoiselle Barbe, as usual." "They've all been exiled." "There's no one left at Fallot's." "My children?" "Gone, too." "But where?" "No one knows." "Fallot was too independent." "It seems he didn't vote the right way in a witchcraft trial." "And Barbe?" "At the Coq Hardi, she said." "But there's a tavern of that name at every street corner." "Come on, tell us!" "That's all." "Tell us!" "Where's Calembredaine?" "Brinvilliers' jewels?" "He's upstairs, waiting." "Where have you been?" "My sons have disappeared along with Barbe, their nanny." "There's only one way our kind disappear." "On the gallows!" "They can't all have been hanged." "Don't worry." "My fellows will find them." "Calembredaine, it's Rodogone!" "What?" "Rodogone?" "He's below." "What is this?" "A challenge?" "I come in friendship." "A message from our chief." "The Great Coesre?" "The same." "It would be a shame... lt would be a great shame if, one day, your fellows were to be burned at the stake, because you forgot our code." "Speak more clearly." "Ask your dwarf how he escaped the policeman's dog this morning." "Yes, the Marquise saved my life." "She knew how to call off the dog." "Let me explain..." "No, this is between us men." "So, Calembredaine, what shall I tell the Great Coesre?" "Don't bristle so. I'm on a mission, and if I don't leave here alive, you know what'll happen to you." "It's quite simple." "We're not going to come to blows over some hussy." "The Marquise will speak to Coesre." "With her beauty, she'll have no trouble convincing him." "Are they Coesre's orders?" "Exactly." "Come, I'll take you." "Don't try anything!" "No weapons!" "One shot and the Great Coesre would sentence you to death." "How about with bare fists?" "Let him go!" "Are you mad?" "Let him go!" "Now that that scum has gone, can you explain, Marquise?" "If she's betrayed us..." "We don't like traitors here." "Yes, I know the man with the dog, and so do you." "He was my husband's lawyer." "My husband, whom you tried to save." "Your lawyer has swapped his robe for a policeman's uniform." "He and his dog are our worst enemies." "If I'm on his side, why did I save Barcarolle?" "In the world you come from, people are charitable!" "Oh, Marquise!" "Alms, please!" "Enough!" "She stopped me killing Rodogone." "So there'll be no war between our two gangs." "She has saved us from madness and bloodshed." "Always these fancy speeches!" "We've had enough." "To hell with the dog, you're one of us!" "You saved my life." "What's going on?" "lt's a surprise." "Out, beggars!" "Madame!" ""Madame" no longer exists." "Oh, nanny!" "Where are my children, Barbe?" "Have no fear, Madame." "Where are they?" "I couldn't keep them here, your sister had to flee, so I placed them with a woman in Neuilly." "Get out of here, you filthy beggars!" "Where was I?" "My boys." "As plump and pink as ever, the little darlings!" "They're with Mother Bolduc, in Neuilly." "A real paradise." "My darlings!" "My sweethearts!" "My little tramps!" "Let's go." "Now you've finished all that, let's talk business." "You owe me five louis." "Pay her, Barcarolle." "Yes, Marquise." "You said five louis?" "Two will do!" "The smaller they are, the more they cost me!" "Once upon a time there were a green fish and a yellow fish, and their children were all blue..." "Here's your hot water." "But don't blame me if they catch their death of cold." "Fancy bathing such little creatures!" "Do you see us lot bathing?" "But you can't keep them here!" "I'm too unhappy without them." "If I'm killed, Jean Pourri will take them to the Cour des Miracles and..." "No, no... I can't take him and his evil trade!" "Let's go and see the Great Coesre." "He's very nice, you know." "A really kind old gentleman." "When Calembredaine takes over, we'll see to Jean Pourri." "Calembredaine is a snake in the grass." "Good merchandise, Jean Pourri." "You can go." "Carry on, Rodogone." "He cares too much for his hussy." "A villain falling in love?" "I've never heard the like!" "When I tried to bring her to you, he saw red." "He'll see red soon enough!" "It was only by a miracle that I managed to escape, and I heard what they were shouting," ""Calembredaine is the strongest!" ""He'll unseat the Great Coesre!"" "We'll see about that." "The Pont Neuf fair is in two days." "Attack that fool and you'll be my lieutenant and take over the Tour de Nesle." "Be careful, Rodo." "They're a tricky lot." "Watch out." "Get off, get off!" "I haven't done anything wrong!" "Desist, Sorbonne!" "l wanted to talk to you." "That's handy." "I swear, Desgrez, I have great news for you." "If you want Calembredaine's gang, I'll hand them to you on a platter." "The day after tomorrow on the Pont Neuf, but bring a lot of men." "We'll see..." "Sorbonne..." "Step right up, ladies and gentlemen!" "I draw teeth without pain and without mystery..." "Thanks to the Egyptian serum, she hasn't slept for 40 years." "She's only 16!" "Here we go..." "Pull!" "There!" "This man will swallow this rabbit whole!" "Stop beating him!" "One more and I'll take you away, my beauty!" "Thank you, sire!" "Do you know him?" "My cousin, Philippe de Plessis-Belliere." "As boorish as ever." "As handsome as ever, too." "You still admire those strutting peacocks?" "Don't start!" "That was when I was Nicolas." "But I'm a robber now and you're the Marquise of the Angels, and your cousins are Barcarolle, Jactance and Cul-de-Bois!" "Sparks are going to fly!" "There's not a single Gypsy at this fair." "Three more hauls like this and we can leave for America." "No more hiding, no more police." "We can set sail on a fine ship." "Three sous, Monsieur." "Start again." "Monsieur, I cannot shave what I have already shaved!" "Start again, I said!" "And now, the prayer to Isis!" "Remove your hats, unbelievers!" "Watch out, Nicolas!" "Here, Gypsies!" "Here, Gypsies!" "Look!" "It was you, you scum!" "Let's go!" "Watch out!" "Let the police through!" "Through that way!" "Nicolas!" "Nicolas!" "Go!" "Go, Angelique!" "Back to Monteloup." "Leave me, Angelique." "Go back to Monteloup." "Take the booty from the Tour de Nesle. lt's yours." "No, I'm staying." "I was always afraid you'd leave." "Now I'm the one who's going." "Nicolas!" "There'll be no America." "Nicolas!" "Everything is going dark." "Night has fallen." "Go, Angelique, they won't see you." "Stop it, Nicolas." "Go!" "Stop it, Nicolas." "Listen to me!" "I'm not one of these women." "I'm not a slattern!" "We caught her near the Tour de Nesle." "Paris is full of them!" "Put her with the others." "The women get whipped, the men go to the galleys." "I sell flowers on the Pont Neuf." "Shut up!" "You'll get us 20 more strokes of the whip!" "I'm in charge here, like in the Tour de Nesle!" "The Tour de Nesle?" "Rodogone's gang is there now." "They've taken everything." "My children?" "Everything!" "Jean Pourri has your kids now." "The spoils of war!" "He'll sell them to the Great Coesre." "Quiet, you trollops!" "There's a banquet in five days, and I have to provide all the flowers." "She's telling the truth." "Let her go." "Take me with you." "For my children!" "Your men took my servant, too." "Can she come with me?" "Charity has its limits." "She's obviously a slattern." "The whip for her!" "Just a second. I'll deal with her." "Come!" "Always the same lucky ones!" "Whipping skin such as this..." "You're a lucky girl, aren't you?" "Saving you twenty lashes is the best price you've ever had." "Yes, you're a lucky one!" "And you smell good." "Like a lady." "I have one condition." "A condition?" "Let me go. I swear I'll return." "That's a good one!" "I'll take the whip, then!" "You prefer the kiss of the whip to the captain's?" "You stink of alcohol!" "Don't you like it?" "Yes, give me some." "l knew it!" "Drink!" "Are you trying to get drunk?" "So I can't see you." "I don't want you senseless!" "Like all your harlots." "You say that to me?" "A man of delicacy, a sentimental soul... I'm no trollop." "They all have short hair." "Look at mine." "So, Captain, don't you know how to behave with your betters?" "How to talk to a lady?" "Don't you know you have to do them favors first?" "Don't you know they keep their word?" "What do you mean?" "Bandits in the Tour de Nesle have abducted my children." "I only put on this disguise in order to look for them." "I'll find them and come back." "I will come back." "If you don't, my men will find you." "And you'll get the whip, too." "Go." "And come back quick!" "Claquedent!" "See this woman out." "Thank you." "Who's in there?" "It's me." "Flipot." "Where are my children?" "Tell me!" "Jean Pourri locked us all up." "Try to get us out." "Yes." "Quiet, everyone!" "Don't make a noise now!" "Marquise." "Come here." "Don't cry out or you'll join him!" "l've had my fill of that pig!" "By the secret door..." "Here!" "Take me with you, please." "Take me with you." "Florimond, my darling." "Where's Cantor?" "Jean Pourri sold him." "Quickly!" "To whom?" "The Saint-Ouen Bohemians." "Come on!" "This way." "This way." "Quietly." "Good Lord, who are they?" "Look after them. I'll explain later." "More!" "More milk!" "Right, right..." "My men will go to Saint-Ouen, round up your Bohemians..." "Fabulous!" "But how do I know you're telling me the truth?" "Nobody forced me to come back." "That's true, that's true..." "Ah, women!" "Sergeant!" "Take six men and go with Madame." "Your task is to rescue a child." "Then come straight back. I'll be waiting." "Understand?" "l understand." "And be quick about it!" "I can't hold on much longer." "Women..." "A total mystery!" "Where now?" "The Coq Hardi tavern." "And after that?" "To love!" "To the night!" "To our night of love!" "To you!" "Not drinking?" "Since you ask so nicely..." "At last, love with a great lady!" "Down the hatch!" "Yes, down the hatch!" "A flirt." "And a rascal!" "You know how to make a man desire you." "I have you now." "That's lovely!" "We meet again!" "How are your boys?" "Safe and sound." "I'm so pleased for you." "Don't go." "Today's a holiday." "The florist corporation's bouquet." "What is it?" "These flowers." "Such joy!" "They're only flowers." "They remind me of the countryside at Monteloup when I was fifteen." "Thank you." "Who are you?" "The wind." "The wind in the hay." "I watched you come down here." "I, too, like hay." "I took advantage of your nap." "To do what?" "To look at you." "All over." "All over?" "And one thing I can tell you..." "You're beautiful all over!" "Why slap me, pray?" "One does not slap the wind." "Such a turn of phrase!" "A specialty of mine." "You're a poet?" "Yes." "Why, then, do you sigh?" "They call me the Gutter Poet." "My words do not feed me." "And my enemies besmirch what they fear." "They dread every pamphlet I write." "They lose sleep and would like me silenced." "The police are after me." "They hunt you?" "They want me hanged." "But one cannot catch the wind." "Yet you speak unguardedly to a perfect stranger?" "I feel I have known you forever." "You are so beautiful." "Beauty is never evil." "They want you hanged?" "But I shall hang only on your neck." "Do I frighten you?" "No." "Then you're afraid of yourself?" "Yes." "Life is not a joke, my good lady!" "A house is a fortress that must be defended." "Too many mouths!" "Here I am, struggling, and you bring these thirsty brats!" "Thirsty?" "Yes, and for milk!" "And I have nothing!" "Look, nothing!" "By the old lady's buttocks, just look!" "It's noon and not a customer!" "Not a pint of wine sold!" "And I'm to play wet-nurse?" "Do you believe in Saint Nicholas?" "Yes." "The corporation will be happy." "I can't believe my ears." "15 sous per person?" "Not one more." "Here's the menu." "Six soups, eight pates, three roasts and Montmartre wine." "Good deeds are always rewarded!" "And all to be served under a ceiling of paper flowers!" "Good Lord!" "Are you trying to ruin me?" "I bought it all on credit." "And that?" "On credit." "And this?" "On credit." "For one of your smiles, no doubt." "Yes, Monsieur Bourjus." "There are enough onions for 10 years!" "They're not for eating, but for decoration." "If my wife could see this!" "Barbe!" "Aprons!" "No, not them!" "White aprons are more stylish." "If my wife could see this!" "She can and she's delighted." "She's telling everyone in heaven." "Go and open up." "Go on." "If my wife could see this!" "Here, Marquise." "To pay for your new dress." "The Marquise is no more, and we no longer steal." "And no more credit, eh?" "ls it here for the dress?" "What dress?" "It's for me." "Look." "If my wife could see this!" "It's to be paid for after the banquet." "But will the banquet even take place?" "We need a man, we need a man!" "That's what we needed!" "Sweet Jesus, heaven is on our side!" "My friends!" "One, two, three, four, five, six..." "Take your hat off." "Bourjus!" "Champagne for the King's musketeers!" "Champagne!" "Yes!" "They're asking for champagne!" "But of course." "I don't have any!" "Rosine, get some on credit..." "For the last time!" "The Coq Hardi?" "It no longer exists." "It's now the Red Mask." "The Marquise is raking it in." "It's a fashionable place now." "Fashionable?" "Nowhere more so." "Since the florists' banquet it's always full of rich folk." "The Marquise is a clever one." "I always knew it." "Fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen... lt'll be a boy!" "l bet it's a girl." "200 livres says it isn't!" "Twenty-two!" "Twenty-three!" "If the King has an heir, I'll give you 30°/º of the takings." "Twenty-five!" "It's a boy!" "This birth will cost you a fortune!" "But this is only the beginning." "We can't stop now." "No, no!" "Let your mama get dressed." "You're not going back to the Louvre?" "Your enemies will kill you." "I represent the master roasters." "All the corporations are offering the queen a bouquet." "You're lying, Madame!" "The truth is, you're dying to get back to Court." "You're right, Barbe." "For a little while I'll be Countess Peyrac again." "The master roasters' delegation!" "Your Majesty, they say life is but smoke." "But there's no smoke without fire, without fire, no good fare, and without good fare, no health!" "Your Majesty, please accept our modest gift." "We are only too happy if we can fortify you." "Oh, look, my friends!" "I'd willingly skewer this pretty roaster!" "Well, too bad!" "You!" "You always make me laugh." "That is my position now." "I'm the Queen's jester." "How?"