"You were there?"
"Not precisely so, sire."
"But you arrived on the scene where the accident occurred a few minutes after it took place?"
"I did so, sire, about half an hour afterward."
"And where did the accident happen?"
"I believe, sire, the place is called the Rond-point du Bois-Rochin."
"Oh! the rendezvous of the hunt."
"The very spot, sire."
"Very good; tell me what details you are acquainted with, respecting this unhappy affair, Monsieur de Manicamp."
"Perhaps your majesty has already been informed of them, and I fear to fatigue you by useless repetitions."