“I?”
“Pardieu! it is the least you can do for him, after all he has done for you.”
“He is then still devoted to me?”
“He adores you. Apropos, my son——”
“What?”
“In three weeks it will be the Fête Dieu.”
“Well!”
“Are we to have some pretty little procession?”
“I am the most Christian king, and it is my duty to set an example to my subjects.”
“And you will, as usual, stop at the four great convents of Paris?”