"Sire, to speak frankly, I do not like to see men suffer."
"Tender heart."
"No; egotistical heart, rather; then sufferings act on my nerves."
"You know what passed?"
"Ma foi! no."
"Salcede denied all."
"Ah!"
"You bear it very indifferently, Joyeuse."
"I confess I do not attach much importance to it; besides, I was certain he would deny everything."
"But since he confessed before the judges—"