"I?"
"Telling me to feign illness from ennui."
"And how should I have written?—on what?—by whom?"
Gaston reflected; and this time it was La Jonquiere who watched him.
"Then," said the captain presently, "I think, on the contrary, that it is to you we owe the pleasure of meeting in the Bastille."
"To me, monsieur?"
"Yes, chevalier; you are too confiding. I give you that information in case you leave here; but more particularly in case you remain here."
"Thank you."
"Have you noticed if you were followed?"
"No."