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FLUNG A SNOWBALL AT ME. Page 11.
THE SNOWBALL
BY
STANLEY J. WEYMAN
AUTHOR OF "A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE," "UNDER
THE RED ROBE," "MY LADY ROTHA,"
ETC. ETC.
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Copyright, 1895, by
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Flung a snowball at me. Frontispiece.
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THE SNOWBALL.
The slight indisposition from which the Queen suffered in the springof 1602, and which was occasioned by a cold caught during herlying-in, by diverting the King's attention from matters of State, hadthe effect of doubling the burden cast on my shoulders. Though themain threads of M. de Biron's conspiracy were in our hands as early asthe month of November of the preceding year, and steps had beenimmediately taken to sound the chief associates by summoning them tocourt, an interval necessarily followed during which we had everythingto fear; and this not only from the despai