The cardinal, as his Majesty had said, was really furious, so furious that during eight days he absented himself from the king’s gaming table. This did not prevent the king from being as complacent to him as possible whenever he met him, or from asking in the kindest tone, "Well, Monsieur Cardinal, how fares it with that poor Jussac and that poor Bernajoux of yours?"
Et le cardinal, comme l'avait dit Sa Majesté, fut effectivement furieux, si furieux que pendant huit jours il abandonna le jeu du roi, ce qui n'empêchait pas le roi de lui faire la plus charmante mine du monde, et toutes les fois qu'il le rencontrait de lui demander de sa voix la plus caressante: «Eh bien, monsieur le cardinal, comment vont ce pauvre Bernajoux et ce pauvre Jussac, qui sont à vous?»