“And what were you doing there?”
“What does that matter to you?”
“I wish to know; I am curious to-day.”
“I was going to Manasses.”
“A Jew?”
“You go to Ruggieri, a poisoner.”
“I go where I like: I am the king. Besides, as I said, Bussy was the aggressor.”
“Where?”
“At St. Luc’s ball.”
“Bussy provoked five men? No, no, he is brave, but he is not mad.”