"At this hour, monsieur?"
"What's that? 'at this hour'?"
"Yes, it seems to me very late."
"How dare you say that, villain?"
"But, monsieur—" stammered the footman.
"I no longer request, I demand," said Canolles, in a supremely haughty tone.
"You demand? Only Madame la Princesse gives orders here."
"The king gives orders everywhere. By the king's order!"
The lackey shuddered and hung his head.