"What name does he bear?"
"He is called Lazarre."
"But why is a French half-breed named Lazarre attempting to force himself on the exiled court here in Mittau?"
"People have told him that he resembles the Bourbons, monsieur."
"Was he encouraged in this idea by the friend of Bonaparte whom you mentioned?"
"I think not, monsieur the abbé. But I heard a Frenchman tell him he was like the martyred king, and since that hour he has presumed to consider himself the dauphin."
"Who was this Frenchman?"
"The Duke of Orleans, Louis Philippe de Bourbon, monsieur the abbé."
There was an expressive movement among the courtiers.
"Was Louis Philippe instrumental in sending him to France?"