"What will you bet?"
"Twenty-five louis."
"Did one ever see such a rascal as you are!"
"Let us bet...."
"Why? You may put a pistol to my head, as you did to the commandant of Soissons."
"Oh dear no! I know well enough such a method would not succeed with you."
"That is a fortunate thing for me."
"But I shall get someone to ask you for the favour whom you will not care to refuse."
"Who is that?"
"General La Fayette."