You are here as the secret agent of the King of Navarre.

It is my business to learn your plans and his intentions, and I propose to do so.' 'Well ?' I said.
'I am prepared to buy them,' he answered; and his eyes sparkled as he spoke, with a greed which set me yet more on my guard.
'For whom ?' I asked.

Having made up my mind that I must use the same weapons as my adversary, I reflected that to express indignation, such as might become a young man new to the world, could, help me not a whit.
'For whom ?' I repeated, seeing that he hesitated.
'That is my business,' he replied slowly.
'You want to know too much and tell too little,' I retorted, yawning.
'And you are playing with me,' he cried, looking at me suddenly, with so piercing a gaze and so dark a countenance that I checked a shudder with difficulty.

'So much the worse for you, so much the worse for you!' he continued fiercely.

'I am here to buy the information you hold, but if you will not sell, there is another way.