Afterwards Saint-Dantin took him aside.
"Philippe, I would not have had that happen at my table! Charles is incorrigible!"
"On the contrary, I am grateful to him," replied Philip. "I might not have heard else. Now I will shut that fellow's mouth."
"How?" asked Saint-Dantin blankly.
Philip made an imaginary pass in the air.
"Short of killing him," objected Saint-Dantin, "I don't see—"
"Kill him? Not I! I may count on you to—uphold me?"
"Of course. But what do you mean to do?"
"First I will reverse the tables. I will punish him. Then I will assure him that my friends will espouse my cause if he again mentions my lady's name in public."
Saint-Dantin nodded.