"There is in all this neither mistake nor felony. A truce with your imprudent words!"
"What else is it?"
"A simple measure of prudence," coolly answered Charles the Wicked; "you signed the letter 'Jocelyn the Champion'.... Is that your name and profession?'
"Yes, Sire; I am a defender of the oppressed."
"Did Marcel send you to me?"
"I told you so, and proved it by forwarding the medallion. What do you want of me? Ask; I shall answer."
"What is the purpose of your message?"
"You shall know it when you will have set me free of my bonds."
"The bonds do not tie your tongue ... seems to me! You can answer very well as you are."
"You ignore my character of ambassador! I have come in that capacity."