You are still more surprised now when I tell you about a certain young lady.

You must certainly have thought that I was very badly served by my agents in England if I did not know such important details as these.' 'I cannot conceive, Sire, why such trifles should be reported to you, or why you should for one instant remember them.' 'You are certainly a very modest young man, and I hope you will not lose that charming quality when you have been for a little time at my Court.
So you think that your own private affairs are of no importance to me ?' 'I do not know why they should be, Sire.' 'What is the name of your great-uncle ?' 'He is the Cardinal de Laval de Montmorency.' 'Precisely.

And where is he ?' 'He is in Germany.' 'Quite so--in Germany, and not at Notre Dame, where I should have placed him.

Who is your first cousin ?' 'The Duke de Rohan.' 'And where is he ?' 'In London.' 'Yes, in London, and not at the Tuileries, where he might have had what he liked for the asking.

I wonder if I were to fall whether I should have followers as faithful as those of the Bourbons.