"Then let me act as you would."
"Then you will not tell me?"
"No."
"Nor where you were going?"
Ernanton did not answer.
"Then, monsieur, since you do not explain, I must treat you like any other man."
"Do what you please, monsieur; only I warn you, you will have to answer for it."
"To M. de Loignac?"
"Higher than that."
"M. d'Epernon?"