Have you no eyes to see that he is beside the question?
There are but two powers in France--the Holy Union, which still prevails, and the accursed Huguenot; and between them is the battle.' 'Now you are telling me more,' I said.
He grew sober in a moment, looking at me with a vicious anger hard to describe.
'Tut tut,' he said, showing his yellow teeth, 'the dead tell no tales.
And for Henry of Valois, he so loves a monk that you might better accuse his mistress.

But for you, I have only to cry "Ho! a Huguenot and a spy!" and though he loved you more than he loved Quelus or Maugiron, he dare not stretch out a finger to save you!' I knew that he spoke the truth, and with difficulty maintained the air of indifference with which I had entered on the interview.
'But what if I leave Blois ?' I ventured, merely to see what he would say.
He laughed.

'You cannot,' he answered.

'The net is round you, M.de Marsac, and there are those at every gate who know you and have their instructions.

I can destroy you, but I would fain have your information, and for that I will pay you five hundred crowns and let you go.' 'To fall into the hands of the King of Navarre ?' 'He will disown you, in any case,' he answered eagerly.