Chapter 2
CHAP. I.--Anne of Austria's Prime Minister and his policy 43
II.--The Duchess de Montbazon--Affair of the dropped letters--The Quarrel of the rival Duchesses 66
III.--The _Importants_ 77
IV.--Conspiracy of the Duchess de Chevreuse and the Duke de Beaufort to get rid of Mazarin 82
V.--Failure of the plot to assassinate Mazarin--Arrest of Beaufort--Banishment of Madame de Chevreuse and dispersion of the _Importants_ 99
VI.--Results of the quarrel between the Duchesses--Fatal duel between the Duke de Guise and Count Maurice de Coligny 110