He shrugged his shoulders.
'Chien sabe?' he said. 'What does it matter?'
'You are enigmatical, dear cousin,' she retorted. 'Will you not explain?'
'The explanation is over simple, alas! Monseigneur the governor hath expelled me from this city.'
'Expelled you from this city?' she reiterated slowly.
'Yes! for daring to lay hands on His High and Mightiness, Monseigneur le Prince de Froidmont.'
'José, you are jesting!'
'I was never so serious in all my life.'
'And you are going?'
'To-night.'