"And now, Monsieur de Manicamp," continued the king, "what was said about Mademoiselle de la Valliere?"
"Cannot your majesty guess?"
"I?"
"Your majesty can imagine the character of the jests in which young men permit themselves to indulge."
"They very probably said that she was in love with some one?" the king ventured to remark.
"Probably so."
"But Mademoiselle de la Valliere has a perfect right to love any one she pleases," said the king.
"That is the very point De Guiche maintained."
"And on account of which he fought, do you mean?"
"Yes, sire, the very sole cause."