Well, Monsieur Laporte placed her near her Majesty in order that our poor queen might at least have someone in whom she could place confidence, abandoned as she is by the king, watched as she is by the cardinal, betrayed as she is by everybody." "Ah, ah!
Welnu, de heer de la Porte heeft haar in dienst van Hare Majesteit doen treden, opdat onze arme koningin althans iemand zou hebben, aan wie zij haar vertrouwen kon schenken; verlaten, zooals zij is, door den koning, bespied door den kardinaal, en door de geheele wereld verraden.”