“Home, monsieur.”
“Just what the people want who are there waiting for you.”
“Waiting for me? No one is there for me.”
“Oh, yes, a dozen visitors at least.”
“A whole regiment, perhaps?” said Oliva, laughing.
“Perhaps, had it been possible to send a whole regiment, they would have done so.”
“You astonish me!”
“You would be far more astonished if I let you go.”
“Why?”
“Because you would be arrested.”