CouldItellhimthatIwasBardelys，thefavouriteoftheKinghimself？Whatwouldhaveoccurred？Iaskyou，mademoiselle。WouldInothavebeenaccountedaspy，andwouldtheynothavemadeshortworkofmehereatyourchateau？”
“No，no;theywouldhavedonenomurder。”
“Perhapsnot，butIcouldnotbesurejustthen。Mostmensituatedasyourfatherwaswouldhavedespatchedme。Ah，mademoiselle，haveyounotproofsenough？Doyounotbelievemenow？”
“Yes，monsieur。”sheansweredsimply，“Ibelieveyou。”
“Willyounotbelieve，then，inthesincerityofmylove？”