"An impossibility! Why so?"
"Because he is a personal enemy of your Highness."
"A personal enemy?"
"Yes."
"Pray what is the cause of his enmity?"
"He will never forgive your Highness the mystification of which he was the victim at Chantilly. Oh! Monsieur de Mazarin is no such fool as you think him, mesdames, although I wear myself out by constant efforts to convince you of your error! He has proved it by sending to Île Saint-Georges, that is to say, the most advantageous position in the province—whom do you guess?"
"I have already told you that I cannot imagine who it can be."
"Well, it's the officer at whom you laughed so much, and who, with inconceivable stupidity, allowed your Highness to escape from Chantilly."
"Monsieur de Canolles?" cried Claire.
"Yes."