\"Yes，monseigneur，webothlovehim，buteachinadifferentmanner，\"repliedLaValli鑢e，withsuchanaccentthattheheartoftheyoungkingwaspowerfullyaffectedbyit。？\"Ilovehimsodeeply，thatthewholeworldisawareofit;sopurely，thatthekinghimselfdoesnotdoubtmyaffection。？Heismykingandmymaster;Iamtheleastofallhisservants。？Butwhosotoucheshishonorassailsmylife。？Therefore，Irepeat，thattheydishonorthekingwhoadvisehimtoarrestM。Fouquetunderhisownroof。\"
Colberthungdownhishead，forhefeltthatthekinghadabandonedhim。？However，ashebenthishead，hemurmured，\"Mademoiselle，Ihaveonlyonewordtosay。\"
\"Donotsayit，then，monsieur;forIwouldnotlistentoit。？Besides，whatcouldyouhavetotellme？？ThatM。Fouquethasbeenguiltyofcertaincrimes？？Ibelievehehas，becausethekinghassaidso;and，fromthemomentthekingsaid，\'Ithinkso，\'
Ihavenooccasionforotherlipstosay，\'Iaffirmit。\'？But，wereM。Fouquetthevilestofmen，I
shouldsayaloud，\'M。Fouquet\'spersonissacredtothekingbecauseheistheguestofM。Fouquet。？Werehishouseadenofthieves，wereVauxacaveofcoinersorrobbers，hishomeissacred，hispalaceisinviolable，sincehiswifeislivinginit;andthatisanasylumwhichevenexecutionerswouldnotdaretoviolate。\'\"