"I should say that that is explicit enough," cried the duke, pale with rage.
"That is my salvation," thought Nanon.
"So you have a secret with Monsieur de Canolles, have you?" continued the duke.
VI.
Nanon realized that to hesitate for a second would be her destruction. Moreover, she had had time enough to develop in her brain the scheme suggested by the anonymous letter.
"Yes," said she, gazing fixedly at the duke, "I have a secret with that gentleman."
"You confess it?" cried Monsieur d'Épernon.
"I must; for one can conceal nothing from you."