“Our conversations all related to his escape,” replied Xit.
“Hum!” exclaimed Renard. “Now mark me, and answer me truly as you value a whole skin. Was nothing said of the princess Elizabeth, and of a plot to place her on the throne, and wed her to Courtenay?”
“Nothing that I remember,” answered Xit.
“Think again!” cried Renard.
“I do recollect that upon one occasion his lordship alluded to the princess,” answered Xit, after a moment’s pretended reflection.
“Well, what did he say?” demanded Renard.
“That he was sorry he had ever made love to her,” replied Xit.
“And well he might be,” observed Renard. “But was that all?”
“Every syllable,” replied Xit.
“I must assist your memory, then,” said Renard. “What ho! tormentors.”