“You do not know Choiseul.”
“Excuse me, but I believe I do. He is a gentleman, he knows that I am a gentleman and he will take my word.”
“Choiseul will have you arrested the instant you leave this hôtel. He would arrest you now only he does not wish to make a scene.”
“I am going to explain to him.”
“Where?”
“Here.”
“And how are you going to obtain an interview with him?”
“You must do that for me.”
“I?”
“Yes, you are the proper person. Go to him and say, ‘Rochefort wishes to speak to you on a matter of great importance.’ You can say to him also if you like, ‘He asked me to say that he came here to-night not as your guest, but as a gentleman who has been lied against and misunderstood and who wishes to lay his case before the first gentleman in France, after his Majesty.’”