"But are you not French?"
"Monseigneur, we are Bretons. Bretagne, reunited to France by a treaty, may look on herself as separated from the moment when France no longer respects the rights of that treaty."
"Yes, I know; the old story of Anne de Bretagne's contract. It is a long time since that contract was signed, monsieur."
The false La Jonquiere pushed the regent violently.
"What matter," said Gaston, "if each one of us has it by heart?"
CHAPTER XVII.
MONSIEUR ANDRE.
"You said that the Breton nobility were ready to second the French nobility: now, what do the French nobility want?"
"They desire, in case of his majesty's death, to place the king of Spain on the throne of France, as sole heir of Louis XIV."
"Very good, very good," said La Jonquiere, taking snuff with an air of extreme satisfaction.