“Good! for whom? Is Montalais doubled then?”
“Vile fellow!—It is you who are doubled. You swallow up two fortunes—mine, and that of M. le Comte de Guiche.”
“You should say, that of M. le Comte de Guiche and yours.”
“That is true; honor where it is due; but I return to my brevet.”
“And you are wrong.”
“Prove me that.”
“My friend, there will only be twelve maids of honor for madame, I have already obtained for you what twelve hundred women are trying for, and for that I was forced to employ all my diplomacy.”
“Oh! yes, I know you have been quite heroic, my dear friend.”
“We know what we are about,” said Manicamp.
“To whom do you tell that? When I am king, I promise you one thing.”