"I think that your Highness has seen him several times."
"I need not ask if he is young?"
"Twenty-eight."
"And nobly born?"
"He is of good family."
"And brave?"
"His reputation is established."
"And rich?"
"I am."
"Yes, little one, yes, and we have not forgotten it. You are one of the wealthiest nobles in our dominion, and we are happy to remember, that in the present war, the louis d'or of Monsieur de Cambes, and the crowns of your peasants have relieved our embarrassment more than once."