"Yes, madame."
"And you have brought the letter?"
"I have not brought it, madame, for reasons that the king of Navarre will explain to you, but learned it by heart and repeated it."
"I understand. This letter was important, and you feared to lose it, or have it stolen."
"That is the truth, madame; but the letter was written in Latin."
"Oh, very well; you know I know Latin."
"And the king of Navarre, does he know it?"
"Dear M. Chicot, it is very difficult to find out what he does or does not know. If one can believe appearances, he knows very little of it, for he never seems to understand when I speak to any one in that language. Then you told him the purport of the letter?"
"It was to him it was addressed."
"And did he seem to understand?"