"Do not be obstinate, chevalier; make some confessions."
"I have none to make, for in all my interrogatories you have not made one precise accusation."
"And you wish—?"
"Certainly—I should like to know of what I am accused."
"I will tell you. You came to Paris, appointed by the republican committee of Nantes, to assassinate the regent. You were referred to one La Jonquiere, your accomplice, now condemned with you."
Gaston felt that he turned pale at these true accusations. "This might be true, monsieur," said he, "but you could not know it. A man who wishes to commit such a deed does not confess it till it be accomplished."
"No; but his accomplices confess for him."
"That is to say, that La Jonquiere denounces me."
"I do not refer to La Jonquiere, but the others."
"The others!" cried Gaston; "are there, then, others arrested beside La Jonquiere and myself?"