In exchange for all this, he had acquired the protection and good will of the queen; but the favor of the queen was at the present time an additional cause of persecution, and her protection, as it was known, protected badly--as witness Chalais and Mme. Bonacieux.
En échange de tout cela il avait acquis la protection et la bienveillance de la reine, mais la bienveillance de la reine était, par le temps qui courait, une cause de plus de persécution; et sa protection, on le sait, protégeait fort mal: témoins Chalais et Mme Bonacieux.