“Monsieur, I beg you to tell me why you do it; for you love the king, and he hates me.”
“M. le Comte, I save you; think what you please of my action. But do you forget that I asked for a recompense?”
“Ah, true.”
“Well?”
“Most willingly, monsieur.”
“Then some day you will do what I ask you?”
“On my honor, if possible.”
“That is enough. Now mount your horse and disappear; I go to carry this order to those who are to use it.”
“Then you were not to arrest me yourself?”
“I! for what do you take me?”