"Madame de Villars?" asked the duchess.
"Oh no! better than that."
"Madame de Duras?"
"No."
"Madame de Nésle?"
"Bah!"
"Madame de Polignac? Ah! pardon, cardinal."
"Go on. It does not concern his eminence."
"Madame de Soubise, Madame de Gabriant, Madame de Gacé?"
"No, no, no."