"Don't call it foolish, madame."
"I hope you will forget it."
"I don't want to forget it."
"But why are you in Illinois Territory, sire?"
"I came to find land for the Iroquois. I intend to make a state with the tribe."
"But what of France?"
"Oh, France is over supplied with men who want to make a state of her. Louis XVIII has been on the throne eleven months, and was recently chased off by Napoleon.
"Louis XVIII on the throne? Did true loyalists suffer that?"
"Evidently."
"Sire, what became of Napoleon?"