“Why not?”
“You will present yourself before the old baron, whom you abandoned after promising me——”
“I have an excellent excuse to give him.”
“Where the devil will you find it?”
“Oh! I will say to him, I did not break this marriage, because Monsoreau, who knew that you were one of the principal agents to the League, threatened to denounce you to the king.”
“Has your highness invented that?”
“Not entirely.”
“Then I understand.”
“Yes, I shall make him believe that by marrying his daughter I saved his life.”
“It is superb.”