“You are a dead man if you maintain this.”
“A Rohan cannot lie, madame; I did come.”
“M. de Rohan, in heaven’s name say that you did not see me there.”
“I will die if you wish it, and as you threaten me; but I did come to the park at Versailles, where Madame de la Motte brought me.”
“Once more, confess it is a horrible plot against me.”
“No.”
“Then believe that you were mistaken—deceived—that it was all a fancy.”
“No.”
“Then we will have recourse,” said she, solemnly, “to the justice of the king.”
The cardinal bowed.