"Sit down, Joyeuse, my child," said he; "how late you are."
"Your majesty is very good," answered Joyeuse, approaching the bed, on which he sat down.
CHAPTER XV.
THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING A GOOD AMBASSADOR.
Chicot was hidden in his great chair, and Joyeuse was half lying on the foot of the bed in which the king was bolstered up, when the conversation commenced.
"Well, Joyeuse," said Henri, "have you well wandered about the town?"
"Yes, sire," replied the duke, carelessly.
"How quickly you disappeared from the Place de Greve."