The attention which we have been obliged to give, during the commencement of the chapter, to the illustrious personages we have introduced into it, has diverted us for an instant from him to whom Anne of Austria owed the extraordinary triumph she had obtained over the cardinal; and who, confounded, unknown, lost in the crowd gathered at one of the doors, looked on at this scene, comprehensible only to four persons--the king, the queen, his Eminence, and himself.
La atención que nos hemos visto obligados a prestar durante el comienzo de este capítulo a los personajes ilustres que en él hemos introducido, nos han alejado un instante de aquel a quien Ana de Austria debía el triunfo inaudito que acababa de obtener sobre el cardenal y que, confundido, ignorado perdido en la muchedumbre apiñada en una de las puertas, miraba desde allí esta escena sólo comprensible para cuatro personas: el rey, la reina Su Eminencia y él.