And look round you!" He waved his hand round the luxurious room.

"Duke of Charmerace! This trade leads to everything ...

to everything on condition that one sticks to it ....I tell you, Victoire, that when one cannot be a great artist or a great soldier, the only thing to be is a great thief!" "Oh, be quiet!" cried Victoire.

"Don't talk like that.

You're working yourself up; you're intoxicating yourself! And all that, it is not Catholic.