"Very well," said the chevalier, "let us talk."
"Are you not M. de Chanlay, with whom I had the pleasure of dining to-day?"
"Exactly so, monsieur."
"In that case I am at your service."
"And I at yours."
"Then have the goodness to tell me the state of the Bretagne affairs."
"You see they are in the Bastille."
"Good," said a voice, whose joyous tone Gaston could hear with ease.
"Pardon me," said Gaston, "but what interest have you in these affairs?"
"Why, when affairs are bad in Bretagne, they treat us well, and when they prosper we are treated badly; thus the other day, apropos of some affair, I do not know what, which they pretended was connected with ours, we were all put in the dungeon."