13/17 You are dismissed, Master Christopherus!" The Genoese, bowing, stepped backward from the table. In his face and carriage was nothing broken. The Queen's glance went after him, "What will you do now, Master Christopherus ?" He answered, "My lady, your Highness, I shall take horse to-morrow for France." The King said, "France ?--King Charles buys ever low, not high!" The Sovereigns and the great churchmen and the less great went away together. After them flowed the high attendance. |