“My mask!”
“I was about to say, ‘This is too rash, sister,’ but the gentleman with you drew you away so quickly.”
“Oh, mon Dieu! you will drive me mad! What gentleman?”
“The blue domino.”
The queen passed her hand over her eyes.
“What day was this?” she asked.
“Saturday. The next day I set off to hunt, before you were up.”
“What time do you say you saw me?”
“Between two and three.”
“Decidedly one of us is mad!”