“I am not a spy. Then there are the Guises; 20,000 or 25,000 men under the orders of the Duc de Guise will make up altogether a nice little army.”
“But Henri of Navarre and the Duc de Guise are enemies.”
“Which will not prevent them from uniting against you; they will be free to fight with each other when they have conquered you.”
“You are right, Chicot, and my mother is right. I will call the Swiss.”
“Oh, yes! Quelus has got them.”
“My guards, then.”
“Schomberg has them.”
“My household at least.”
“They have gone with Maugiron.”
“Without my orders?”