Besides, he was wounded far more severely than I." All M.de Sairmeuse's doubts had returned.
"And why, instead of summoning a physician, are you attempting to dress this wound yourself ?" "Because it is a mere trifle, and because I wish to keep it a secret." The duke shook his head.
"All this is scarcely plausible," he remarked, "especially after the assurance of your complicity, which I have received." "Ah!" said he; "and from whom?
From your spy-in-chief, no doubt--that rascal Chupin.

It surprises me to see that you can hesitate for a moment between the word of your son and the stories of such a wretch." "Do not speak ill of Chupin, Marquis; he is a very useful man.

Had it not been for him, we should have been taken unawares.

It was through him that I learned of this vast conspiracy organized by Lacheneur----" "What! is it Lacheneur--" "Who is at the head of the movement?
yes, Marquis.

Ah! your usual discernment has failed you in this instance.