From the point of view of a general principle, the two pieces naturally followed each other; they were two chapters of the same gospel. The King had the air of being about to pass to the enemy and of uniting himself with the Libertins. The Cabal made a desperate effort and _Tartuffe_ was forbidden; at the same time no one imagined that the battle was terminated. An extraordinary agitation around the King might have been seen during the weeks which followed the fetes of Versailles. The Court at once departed for Fontainebleau; the two parties disputed the entire summer over the young monarch. Louis himself had skirmished with both. The King felt at the same time a personal revolt against the constraints of the Church, and the need of a politic catholicity which would sustain the practices of religion for State reasons, because he could not do without their aid. These two fashions of thinking can easily be accommodated together, and the King was in train to learn how to do this. After a little delay, the conciliation between the two points of view was completed in his mind. While waiting, he lived in the midst of floods of tears. The summer was a very troubled one. Such events held the attention of Paris, but the poor Mademoiselle, forgotten in the Chateau d'Eu, fretted so much that at length her pride was conquered. "Upon the news of the pregnancy of the Queen," says the _Memoires_, "I decided to write, dreaming that perhaps the King wished to be besought," and she abased herself to do this. She at first expressed the hope that the child might be a son. "I exaggerated with good faith the desire which I had, and I showed the grief I felt in being forced to remain so long without the honour of seeing him [the King]. I said everything I could to oblige him to permit me to return." She wrote at the same time to Colbert, who was considered the powerful man of the ministry: EU, March 23, 1664. MONSIEUR COLBERT: In bearing testimony to the King of the joy which I have in the pregnancy of the Queen, I am daring to command his good graces, and the permission for an audience to ask them in person. I trust that you will assist me with your good offices to obtain so precious a favour. If I cannot succeed in obtaining this, I beg to be permitted to pass through Paris before May,[162] having three considerable lawsuits at this date. I look, on this occasion, for the continuation of your good offices. ANNE-MARIE-LOUISE D'ORLEANS. The King waited two months before responding: TO MY COUSIN MADEMOISELLE, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MONSEIGNEUR DUC D'ORLEANS MY COUSIN: