"Decidedly you are young," said La Jonquiere.
"Explain."
"Suppose his excellency be not arrested?"
"Well."
"What age is he?"
"Forty-five or six, I suppose."
"And if he fell in love with Helene; is not that her name?"
"The duke fall in love with her! he to whose protection I confided her! it would be infamous!"
"The world is full of infamy; that is how it gets on."
"Oh, I will not dwell on such a thought."