"Madame," said Mazarin, in an undertone, "I think that you are ill-advised to send this man away."
"Stay a moment," said the queen, "and say what you have to say; after all, you are a strange fellow, and most amusing."
"Your Majesty is very kind," said Cauvignac, bowing low.
"What were you saying about obtaining possession of Vayres?"
"I was saying that if your Majesty still entertains the purpose, which I fancied I detected this morning, of gaining admission to Vayres, I will make it my duty to show you the way in."
"How so?"
"I have a hundred and fifty men of my own at Vayres."
"Of your own?"
"Yes, of my own."
"Even so?"