"He was beaten by the allies and sent to Elba. Louis XVIII was brought in with processions. But in about eleven months Napoleon made a dash across France—"
"Tell me slowly. You say I have been ill more than a year. I know nothing of what has happened."
"Napoleon escaped from Elba, made a dash across France, and incidentally swept the Bourbon off the throne. The last news from Europe shows him gathering armies to meet the allies."
"Oh, sire, you should have been there!"
"Abbé Edgeworth suggests that France is well supplied with dauphins also. Turning off dauphins has been a pastime at court."
"Abbé Edgeworth? You do not mean the priest you saw at Mittau?
"Confessor and almoner to his majesty. The same man."
"Is he here?"
"You saw him pass the door."
"Why has he come to America?"