“Yes, monsieur,” replied the terrified citizen, in a tone so low that he was scarcely audible.
“And with whom?”
“With whom can it be, if not the Duke of—”
“The Duke of—”
“Yes, monsieur,” replied the citizen, giving a still fainter intonation to his voice.
“But how do you know all this?”
“How do I know it?”
“Yes, how do you know it? No half-confidence, or—you understand!”
“I know it from my wife, monsieur—from my wife herself.”
“Who learns it from whom?”