The duke bit his lips.
“And you say they charged you to announce their arrival to me?”
“They did me that honour.”
“But they did not tell you the motive of their return?”
“They told me all, knowing me to be the confidant of your highness.”
“Then they have projects. What are they?”
“The same always.”
“And they think them practicable?”
“They look upon them as certain.”
“And these projects have for an aim——”