“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.”