“And you let her do it?”
“Oh! yes.”
“But to return to Diana, Rémy; when shall we set off?”
“Ah! I expected that. On the latest possible day I should say.”
“Why so?”
“Firstly, because it seems to me that M. le Duc d’Anjou will want you here.”
“After?”
“Because M. de Monsoreau, by a special blessing, does not suspect you in the least, and would suspect something immediately if he saw you disappear from Paris at the same time as his wife.”
“What do I care for that?”
“No; but I care. I charge myself with curing the sword strokes received in duels, for, as you manage your sword well, you never receive very serious ones; but not the blows given secretly by jealous husbands; they are animals, who, in such cases, strike hard.”