"Have you heard, Dussaulx?"
"What?"
"The ci-devant Count de Brienne."
"The one who was at La Force with the ci-devant Duke de Villeroy?"
"Yes."
"I knew them both. What about them?"
"You know they were so frightened that they saluted all the red caps of the turnkeys, and one day refused to take a hand at piquet because a pack of cards with kings and queens was offered them."
"Well?"
"They were guillotined yesterday."
"Both of them?"