“What right had you to go into that gentleman’s state-room and conceal yourself under his bed?”
“How did you know I did that, sir?”
“I heard you tell the lady in the black domino about it.”
“I hope, sir, you did not play the eavesdropper?”
“No; but you and the lady talked about the matter where I could not help hearing it.”
“I hope, sir, that you will not say anything about what you heard, because if you do you will be sorry for it when you know what caused me to go into his room.”
“You have been watching Napoleon by the lady’s directions—is that not the way of it?”
“Since you have made the discovery, it is useless for me to deny it; but, sir, I beg you to say nothing about it.”
“How long do you want me to keep the secret?”
“But a very short time, sir. That man who represents the emperor is a very grand villain, and if you were to reveal what you know, it might upset all the plans we have been arranging to capture him.”