“You do not, sir,” he began, “see any disadvantage in—”
“In what?” said the King sharply.
“Why, sir, in our taking this English stripling along with us on the morrow?”
“By my sword, no!” said the King. “Why should I?”
“He is keen and clever.”
“And what of that?”
“Simply this, sir: he might divine the truth. A word, a look—”
“Leoni, have I not acted my part well till now?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Then—”