If you admit that he did not lie, of course you admit that you did.

So, im-pos-si-ble! There must be to fight!" "Do you know, count, the cause of my having given Count Hamilton the lie ?" I asked.
"I did not inquire," he answered smilingly.

"To me it was to carry the message." "George Hamilton is your friend, is he not ?" I asked.
"Yes, but far more, he is the friend of my king, and will make entreaty with my monarch for my return to France," answered De Grammont.
"It was because of Count Hamilton's insulting reference to his brother that I used the ugly word," I returned.
"A-ah, that is different!" Then recovering himself quickly: "But I undertook the mission.

It is to finish.

Monsieur George Hamilton?
My friend?
My king's friend?
If it had been known to me! But you have the message of 'Sieur le Comte." After a short silence he said, "When Monsieur le Comte Hamilton returns, I shall ask him to relieve me of this duty." As De Grammont was leaving my closet, he paused at the door, and, after a moment's hesitancy, whispered:-- "You may expect a letter from France soon.