Anne of Austria lowered her head, allowed the torrent to flow on without replying, hoping that it would cease of itself; but this was not what Louis XIII meant. Louis XIII wanted a discussion from which some light or other might break, convinced as he was that the cardinal had some afterthought and was preparing for him one of those terrible surprises which his Eminence was so skillful in getting up.
Ana de Austria bajó la cabeza y dejó pasar el torrente sin responder, esperando que terminaría por detenerse; pero no era eso lo que quería Luis XIII; Luis XIII quería una discusión de la que saliese alguna luz nueva, convencido como estaba de que el cardenal tenía alguna segunda intención y maquinaba una sorpresa terrible como sabía hacer Su Eminencia.