"Is there anything that you desire?"
"Only a seal with the Eglinton arms," she replied quite casually, "I have need of it for a private communication."
He sought for the seal among the many costly objects which littered his table and handed it to her.
"I am sorry that you should have troubled to come so far for it," he said coldly, "one of my men would have taken it to your study."
"And I am sorry that I should have disturbed you," she rejoined. "I was told that you had gone to Trianon."
"I shall be on my way thither in a few moments, to place my resignation in the hands of His Majesty."
"Your resignation?"
"As I have had the honour to tell you."
"Then you will leave Versailles?"
"To make way for my successor, as soon as His Majesty hath appointed one."