My letter will make a noise, and they will question you; you must be able to reply." "Mon Dieu!" said Chicot, shrugging his shoulders, "how obtuse you are, great king.

Do you think I am going to carry a letter a hundred and fifty leagues without knowing what is in it?
Be easy, the first halt I make I shall open your letter and read it.

What! have you sent ambassadors for ten years to all parts of the world, and know no better than that?
Come, rest in peace, and I will return to my solitude." "Where is it ?" "In the cemetery of the Grands-Innocens, great prince." Henri looked at him in astonishment again.
"Ah! you did not expect that," said Chicot.

"Well, till to-morrow, when I or my messenger will come--" "How shall I know your messenger when he arrives ?" "He will say he comes from the shade." And Chicot disappeared so rapidly as almost to reawaken the king's fears as to whether he were a shade or not..