"No, monseigneur."
"Two hours are nothing to a man like him; he will soon have made them up."
"Were my courier only two hours in advance," said Dubois, "De Chanlay might overtake him, but he will be three."
"Because the worthy young man is in love; and if I reckon an hour for taking leave of your daughter, I am sure it is not too much."
"Serpent! I understand the meaning of what you said just now."
"He was in an excess of enthusiasm—he might have forgotten his love. You know my principle, monseigneur: distrust first impulses, they are always good."
"It is an infamous principle."
"Monseigneur, either one is a diplomatist or one is not."
"Well," said the regent, stepping toward the door, "I shall go and warn him."