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interrupted the Princess . `` Ha ! Madame , '' cried the Comte , `` It is then decided , since you speak only of the method . I shall lead him through the park ; only order one of your maids whom you can trust to lower , exactly at midnight , the little drawbridge which leads from your antechamber to the flower garden and leave the rest to me . '' Having said this he rose and without waiting for any further comment from the Princess , he left , remounted his horse and went to look for the Duc de Guise , who was waiting for him with the greatest impatience . The Princess remained in such a state of confusion that it was some time before she came to her senses . Her first thought was to send someone after the Comte to tell him not to bring the Duc , but she could not bring herself to do so .