"He has left some one, then?"
"That is to say, some one has left him."
"Poor follow! so much the worse!"
"What do you mean by 'so much the worse'?"
"Why not? why did he leave?"
"Do you think it was of his own wish or will that he left?"
"Was he obliged to leave, then?"
"He left Paris under orders, my dear Stewart; and—prepare to be surprised—by express orders of the king."
"Ah! I begin to see now."
"At least say nothing at all about it."