"He should have no need in this house."
We jumped up to find Vigo standing behind us.
"What have you been saying of Monsieur?"
"Nothing, M. Vigo," stammered the page. "I only said M. le Comte—"
"You are not to discuss M. le Comte. Do you hear?"
"Yes, M. Vigo."
"Then obey. And you, Félix, I shall have a little interview with you shortly."
"As you will, M. Vigo," I said hopelessly.
He went off down the corridor, and Marcel turned angrily on me.
"Mon dieu, Félix, you have got me into a nice scrape with your eternal chanting of the praises of Monsieur. Like as not I shall get a beating for it. Vigo never forgets."