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We have said that Benvenuto left the studio about noon without saying whither he was going. He went to the Louvre to return the visit Francois I. paid him at the Cardinal of Ferrara's hotel.
The king had kept his word. The name of Benvenuto Cellini was given to all the doorkeepers and ushers, and all the doors flew open before him, all the doors save one, that leading to the council chamber. Francois was discussing affairs of state with the first men in his realm, and, although the king's orders were explicit, they dared not introduce Cellini in the midst of the momentous session then in progress without further instructions from his Majesty.