“Intrigues? What intrigues were those?”
“You know perfectly well. And His Eminence forbids you to continue in that direction.”
“His Eminence forbids me to pay calls? And for what reason?”
“Because you have used his name to introduce yourself into certain places.”
“It is not true.”
“You have told people you went to that you are Cardinal Fort’s nephew.”
“And I am not?” asked Cæsar, after taking a swallow of coffee.
“You are trying to make use of the relationship, we don’t know with what end in view.”
“I am trying to make use of my relationship to Cardinal Fort? Why shouldn’t I?”
“You admit it?”