“Yes, I did.”
“Me?”
“Yes, you.”
“Oh, it is too much! Why did you not speak to me?”
“Ma foi! I was just going to do so, when the crowd separated us.”
“You are mad!”
“I should not have spoken of it. I have been very foolish.”
The queen rose, and walked up and down the room in great agitation.
Andrée trembled with fear and disquietude, and Jeanne could hardly keep from laughing.
Then the queen stopped, and said: