"Monsieur le Comte de la Mole compromised! And why?"
"Because of the affair of last night."
In spite of her self-control Marguerite could not keep from blushing.
But she made an effort over herself.
"What affair?" she asked.
"What," said Henry, "did you not hear all the noise which was made in the Louvre?"
"No, monsieur."
"I congratulate you, madame," said Henry, with charming simplicity. "This proves that you are a sound sleeper."
"But what happened?"
"It seems that our good mother gave an order to Monsieur de Maurevel and six of his men to arrest me."