"Shall I find you here this evening?"
"How can I tell?"
"Do you not know what you are going to do for two hours?"
"I know well enough what I shall do, but I do not know what I may be ordered to do."
"By the Duchesse de Nevers?"
"No, by the Duc d'Alençon."
"As a matter of fact," said La Mole, "I have noticed for some time that he has been friendly to you."
"Yes," said Coconnas.
"Then your fortune is made," said La Mole, laughing.
"Poof!" said Coconnas. "He is only a younger brother!"