"She does not love the duke."
"Bah! not love a prince of the blood."
"But if Monseigneur the Duc d'Anjou suspects my mistress of loving M. du Bouchage, or M. de Joyeuse, how did he come to think of carrying her off from him she loved?"
"My good man," said Aurilly, "you have trivial ideas, and I fear we shall never understand each other; I have preferred kindness to violence, but if you force me to change my plans, well! I will change them."
"What will you do?"
"I told you I had full powers from the duke to kill you and carry off the lady."
"And you believe you could do it with impunity?"
"I believe all my master tells me to believe. Come, will you persuade your mistress to come to France?"
"I will try, but I can answer for nothing."
"And when shall I have the answer?"