"What's the matter, sire?" the queen asked him.
"Oh! nothing, madame," the child replied, "except that some day I shall be king, and then—woe to them who have injured me!"
"What is the governor's name?" the queen inquired.
No one was able to tell her, until they asked the question of the ferryman, who replied that his name was Richon.
"'Tis well," said the queen. "I will remember that name."
"And so will I," said the young king.
XV.
About a hundred men of the king's household crossed the Dordogne with their Majesties; the others remained with Monsieur de La Meilleraie, who, having decided to besiege Vayres, was awaiting the arrival of the army.
The queen was no sooner installed in the little house—which, thanks to Nanon's luxurious tastes, she found infinitely more habitable than she anticipated—than Guitaut waited upon her to say that an officer, who claimed to have important matters to discuss with her, requested the honor of an audience.