And I held the letter out to King Henri of Navarre.
CHAPTER VII.
HOW HE ANNOYED MONSIEUR DE LA CHATRE
I had never seen Henri of Navarre, before, but had often heard him described, and no other man exactly fitted his description. His favorite oath confirmed my recognition.
He took the letter, saying, "It looks as if it had been through fire and flood."
"I had to swim the Seine with it," I said.
He read it, sitting on his horse in the middle of the road, I standing beside the horse, the other six riders eyeing me curiously.
Having finished it, he looked at me with some interest and approval. "And what made you run from us?" he asked.
"Sire, there were seven horsemen left in the party that has been chasing me for some days past. Counting seven in your group, I too quickly assumed that it was the same."
The King of Navarre laughed, and ordered one of the lackeys to give me his horse and proceed afoot to the nearest town. When I was mounted, he asked me to ride beside him.