"Of M. de Guise?"
"Yes."
"And do you think that embarrasses me? Give me ink and paper."
"What for? To sign an order for M. de Guise to remain at Nancy?"
"Exactly; the idea must be good, since you had it also."
"Execrable, on the contrary."
"Why?"
"As soon as he receives it he will know he is wanted at Paris, and he will come."
The king grew angry. "If you only returned to talk like this," said he, "you had better have stayed away."
"What would you have? Phantoms never flatter. But be reasonable; why do you think M. de Guise remains at Nancy?"