"How long will Henri V. reign?"
"Between ten and eleven years."
"How will he meet his death?"
"He will die of pleurisy, contracted from drinking cold water from a fountain, one day, when he is out hunting in the forest of Saint-Germain."
"But remember, my child, that you are making this prophecy before twelve to fifteen people: one of us here may warn the prince and then, if he is told that he will die if he drinks cold water, he will refrain from drinking it."
"He will be warned, but he will drink it, all the same; for he will say he has eaten many an ice when he was hot, so he can surely drink cold water."
"Who will warn him?"
"Your son, who will be one of his intimate friends."
"What! my son one of the intimate friends of the prince?"