"Whatever your majesty pleases."
"Diable!"
"If your majesty will speak openly and frankly?"
"Ventre St. Gris, it is embarrassing."
"Shall I tell you his majesty the king of Spain's proposal?"
"I listen."
"The king of France treats the queen of Navarre as an enemy, he repudiates her as a sister, and covers her with opprobrium. All this, but I beg your majesty's pardon for touching on so delicate a subject—"
"Go on."
"All this, then, is public."
"Well! monsieur, and what of all this?"