"Ah, Monsieur de Gesvres! good-evening!"
"One would say you were getting on horseback."
"More than that—I am mounted, as you see."
"It is fortunate I have met with you."
"Were you looking for me, then?"
"Mon Dieu! yes."
"On the part of the king, I will wager?"
"Yes."
"As I, three days ago, went in search of M. Fouquet?"
"Oh!"