“No, madame,” replied he, at length, “I have not.”
“You said you had a witness.”
“Who?” asked the king.
“Madame de la Motte.”
“Ah!” cried the king, whose suspicions against her were easily excited; “let us see this woman.”
“Yes,” said the queen, “but she has disappeared. Ask monsieur what he has done with her.”
“Others have made her disappear who had more interest in doing so than I had.”
“But, sir, if you are innocent, help us to find the guilty.”
The cardinal crossed his hands and turned his back.
“Monsieur,” cried the king, “you shall go to the Bastile.”