‘“Do you know La Voisin?”
‘“Yes.”
‘“Why do you wish to do away with your husband?”
‘“I do away with him? Why, you have only to ask him if he thinks so; he gave me his hand to this very door.”
‘“But why did you go so often to La Voisin’s house?”
‘“I wanted to see the Sibyls she promised to show me; that company would be well worth all my journeys.”
‘She was asked if she had not shown the woman a bag of money. She said “No,” and for more than one reason, and this she said with a very mocking and disdainful air.
‘“Well, gentlemen, is that all you have to say to me?”
‘“Yes, madam.”
‘She rose and said aloud as she went out, “Really, I should never have believed that clever men could ask so many silly questions.”