CHAPTER XLIV. THE GALIMAFRE 



Speats and raxes, speats and raxes, speat and raxes Lord Somerville's billet 

Never wont to let the grass grow under his feet, Henry of Navarre was impatient of awaiting his troops at Pont de Dronne, and proposed to hasten on to Quinet, as a convenient centre for collecting the neighbouring gentry for conference. Thus, early on Monday, a party of about thirty set forth on horseback, including the Ribaumonts, Rayonette being perched by turns in front of her father or mother, and the Duke de Quinet declaring that he should do his best to divide the journey into stages not too long for Philip, since he was anxious to give his mother plenty of time to make preparations for her royal guest. 

He had, however, little reckoned on the young King's promptitude. The first courier he had dispatched was overtaken at a _cabaret_ only five leagues from Pont de Dronne, baiting his horse, as he said; the second was found on the road with a lame horse; and the halt a day's journey remained beyond it. The last stage had been ridden, much to the Duke's discontent, for it brought them to a mere village inn, with scarcely any accommodation. The only tolerable bed was resigned by the King to the use of Philip, whose looks spoke the exhaustion of which his tongue scorned to complain. So painful and feverish a night ensued that Eustacie was anxious that he should not move until the Duke should, as he promised, send a mule litter back for him; but this proposal he resented; and in the height of his constitutional obstinacy, appeared booted and spurred at the first signal to mount.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who feels nervous about the military coming?
2. Who does the military arrival worry?
3. 
Q2:
1. Where was the military arrival at?
2. What was the point of arrival for the military?
3. 
Q3:
1. Where did Henry of Navarre suggest as a good meeting point?
2. What did Henry of Navarre propose as a suitable meeting spot?
3. 
Q4:
1. When did the troops leave?
2. At what point was the troops time of departure?
3. 
Q5:
1. How many troops left?
2. What was the number of troops sent off?
3. 
Q6:
1. How did the troops travel?
2. What was the troops' means of transportation?
3. 
Q7:
1. Who sat in front of her father?
2. Who was positioned before her father?
3. 
Q8:
1. Who was the journey divided up for?
2. The trip was segmented on behalf of whom?
3. 
Q9:
1. Who were things being prepared for?
2. Who was everyone getting things ready for?
3. 
Q10:
1. What became of the first messenger?
2. What was the fate of the first messenger?
3. 
Q11:
1. What was the fate of the second messenger?
2. What became of messenger number two?
3. 
Q12:
1. Where did the last stage take the troops?
2. Where did the troops end up at the last leg of the trip?
3. 
Q13:
1. Was the inn large?
2. Did the group arrive at a sizeable inn?
3. 
Q14:
1. Who was the highest quality bed given to?
2. Who received the superior bed?
3. 
Q15:
1. Who was nervous that night?
2. Whose anxiety was high in the nighttime?
3. 
