“Yes, madame.”
“And did not you enter the château?”
“Certainly.”
“And was not a paper given to you?”
“Yes, madame.”
“And did you not take it to the King?”
“Assuredly.”
“The King was not at Trianon; he was hunting; the marquise was alone—is not that so?”
“Yes, madame.”
“She had just risen; she was scarcely clad, excepting, as it is rumored, in a wide dressing-gown.”