"What have you to tell?" demanded Claire, rushing impetuously to meet Lenet, and dragging Canolles with her.
"Madame la Princesse is much embarrassed—" stammered Lenet.
"Embarrassed!" cried Claire, "what does that mean?"
"It means that she asks for you," interposed the duke, "that she wishes to speak with you."
"Is that true, Monsieur Lenet," demanded Claire, without pausing to reflect that the question was an insult to the duke.
"Yes, madame," faltered Lenet.
"But what of him?" she asked.
"Of whom?"
"Monsieur de Canolles."
"Oh! Monsieur de Canolles will return to his cell, and you will bring back the princess's reply to him."