“Yes, sire, he has one hand nearly destroyed, a hole in his breast; in fact, he is dying.”
“Good heavens! who told you that?”
“Manicamp brought him back just now to the house of a doctor here in Fontainebleau, and the rumor soon reached us all.”
“Brought back! Poor De Guiche; and how did it happen?”
“Ah! that is the very question,—how did it happen?”
“You say that in a very singular manner, Saint-Aignan. Give me the details. What does he say himself?”
“He says nothing, sire; but others do.”
“What others?”
“Those who brought him back, sire.”
“Who are they?”