'Eh, Lieutenant ?' 'Yes, M.le Capitaine, no doubt,' the inferior replied.

And they both looked at one another, and then at me, in a way I did not understand.
'I think,' said I, to clinch the matter, 'that you have made a mistake, Captain; or the Commandant has.

And it occurs to me that the Cardinal will not be best pleased.' 'I hold the King's commission,' he answered rather stiffly.
'To be sure,' I replied.

'But, you see, the Cardinal--' 'Ay, but the Cardinal--' he rejoined quickly; and then he stopped and shrugged his shoulders.

And they both looked at me.
'Well ?' I said.
'The King,' he answered slowly.
'Tut-tut!' I exclaimed, spreading out my hands.