"I cannot bring myself to believe it.

On what counts ?" "Firstly, in that you stole away her Highness the Princess Clementina from the Emperor's guardianship on the night of the 27th of April at Innspruck." "Did I indeed do that ?" said Wogan, carelessly.

"Upon my word, this cloak of mine is frayed.

I had not noticed it;" and he picked at the fringe of his cloak with some annoyance.
"In the second place, you did kill and put to death, at a wayside inn outside Stuttgart, one Anton Gans, servant to the Countess of Berg." Wogan smiled amicably.
"I should be given a medal for that with a most beautiful ribbon of salmon colour, I fancy, salmon or aquamarine.

Which would look best, do you think, on a coat of black velvet?
I wear black velvet, as your relations will too, my friend, if you forget which step your foot is on.
Shall we say salmon colour for the ribbon?
The servant was a noxious fellow.