"They ask me to come, they summon me, they expect me!" she cried.
"Ah!" ejaculated Madame de Tourville, triumphantly.
"But the dukes, madame, and the army?" queried Lenet.
"They say nothing of them."
"Then we are left destitute," said Madame de Tourville.
"No," said the princess; "for, thanks to the Duc d'Épernon's blank signature, I shall have Vayres, which commands the Dordogne."
"And I," said Claire, "shall have Saint-Georges, which is the key of the Garonne."
"And I," said Lenet, "shall have the dukes and the army,—that is, if you give me time."