“I thought I had told you that I had faith in your loyalty and discretion.”
“No doubt, no doubt, but you must remember one thing—”
“What is that?”
“That I was not alone, that I had companions; and what companions!”
“Oh! yes, I know them.”
“And, unfortunately, my lord, they know you, too!”
“Well?”
“Well; they are yonder, at Boulogne, waiting for me.”
“And you fear—”
“Yes, I fear that in my absence—Parbleu! If I were near them, I could answer for their silence.”