The expostulations of the royal messenger were fruitless, the Count being more fully alive to the danger of his position than M. d'Escures himself; and to every argument and Denegation of the anxious envoy he consequently replied by saying that it was useless to urge him to compromise his safety while he felt certain that his ruin had been decided upon, a fact of which he was convinced from the circumstance of his having received no letter from any of the intimate friends of the King since he had withdrawn from the Court, while he was sufficiently acquainted with the bad disposition of Madame de Verneuil to be assured that in the event of her being enabled to effect a reconciliation with the monarch at his expense, she would not scruple to sacrifice his interests to her own.
"The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3)"
Julia Pardoe
So were they titled by all, and they accepted the title with a genuine and holy simplicity which betokened a truer modesty than the pretended Denegation which we might expect.
"Irish Race in the Past and the Present"
Aug. J. Thebaud