"On the same line with Monsieur de La Rochefoucauld."
"But you do not tell me where Monsieur de La Rochefoucauld will sign."
"Immediately below Monsieur le Duc d'Enghien."
"Monsieur le Duc d'Enghien should not sign such a document. A child!—think of it, Lenet."
"I have thought of it, madame. When the king dies, the dauphin succeeds him, though it be but for a single day. Why should it not be with the house of Condé as with the house of France?"
"But what will Monsieur de La Rochefoucauld say? What will Monsieur de Bouillon say?"
"The first has said, madame, and went away after he had said; the second will know nothing about it until it is done, and consequently will say what he pleases; it matters little."
"There is the cause of the duke's coolness to you, Claire."
"Let him be cool, madame," said Lenet; "he will warm up at the first gun Maréchal de la Meilleraie fires upon us. These gentlemen long to fight: very well, let them fight."
"Be careful not to irritate them too far, Lenet," said the princess; "we have only them."