"Oh!" said Remy, "perhaps I was wrong, and you wish to do her good."
"Certainly I do."
"Explain to me then what you desire."
"My friend, I will make your fortune at once, if you will serve me."
"And if not?"
"In that case, as you speak frankly, I will reply as frankly, that I will kill you; I have full power to do so."
"Kill me!" said Remy. "But if I am to serve you, I must know your projects."
"Well, you have guessed rightly, my good man; I do not belong to the Comte du Bouchage."
"Ah! and to whom do you belong?"
"To a more powerful lord."