"Since my arrest I have had time to think over it, and my idea is that it arises out of some slight feeling of jealousy. My fete put M. Colbert out of temper, and M. Colbert discovered some cause of complaint against me; Belle-Isle, for instance."
"No; there is no question at all just now of Belle-Isle."
"What is it, then?"
"Do you remember those receipts for thirteen millions which M. de Mazarin contrived to get stolen from you?"
"Yes, of course."
"Well, you are already pronounced to be a public robber."
"Good heavens!"
"Oh! that is not all. Do you also remember that letter you wrote to La Valliere?"
"Alas! yes."
"And that proclaims you a traitor and a suborner."