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I have since had cause to think that this did not receive at the time as much attention as it deserved ; and have even imagined that had I groped a little deeper into the mystery I might have found a clue to the future as well as the past , and averted one more , and the last , danger from my beloved master . But Providence would not have it so ; a slight indisposition under which I was suffering at the time rendered me less able , both in mind and body ; the result being that Henry , who was always averse to the publication of these ominous episodes , and held that being known they bred the like in mischievous minds , had his way , the case ending in no more than the punishment of a careless rascal . On the occasion of this last visit -- the third , I think , that he paid me -- the King , who had been staying at Chantilly , came to me from Lusarche , where he lay the intervening night . My coaches went to meet him at the gates a little before noon , but he did not immediately arrive , and being at leisure and having assured myself that the dinner of twelve covers , which he had directed to be ready , was in course of preparation , I went with my wife to inspect his rooms and satisfy myself that everything was in order . They were in charge of La Trape , a man of address and intelligence , whom I have had cause to mention more than once in the course of these memoirs . He met me at the door and conducted us through the rooms with an air of satisfaction ; nor could I find the slightest fault , until my wife , looking about her with a woman 's eye for minute things , paused by the bed in the chamber , and directed my attention to something on the floor . She stooped over it .