La Jonquiere looked to see if Gaston were not laughing at him.
"But now, monsieur," said La Jonquiere, "let us speak seriously. Are you condemned to death?"
"I?"
"Yes, you."
"You say that coolly."
"It is a habit in the Bastille. There are twenty here condemned to death, and not a bit the worse for it."
"I have been interrogated."
"Ah! you see."
"But I do not believe I am condemned."
"That will come."