Here I am.

I decline to answer any further questions.
"As to the lady of whom you question me, I rejoice to find, by the drift of your questions, that she has withdrawn herself from the persecution which she suffered, and has escaped being forced into marriage with a man she once described in my hearing as an ape in the costume of the day." "And that is all you will say, prisoner ?" the governor asked, while the Duc de Carolan gave an exclamation of fury.
"That is all, sir; and I would urge, that as an English officer I am entitled to fair and honourable treatment; for although I might have been shot in the act of trying to escape from prison, it is the rule that an escaping prisoner caught afterwards, as I am, should have fair treatment, although his imprisonment should be stricter and more secure than before.
"As to the other matter, there cannot be, I am assured, even a tittle of evidence to connect me with the event you mention.

As far as I hear from you, I escaped on the 10th from Lille, which date is indeed accurate.

Three days later Mademoiselle de Pignerolles left Versailles.

The connection between the two events does not appear in any way clear to me." "It may or it may not be," the governor said.