They are not great, seeing that three lives stand between it and him and, now that the king has married, they are more remote than before.

Still there is the chance; and he once said to me: "'One thing seems to me to be certain, Francois: supposing Charles of Valois and his two brothers died without leaving heirs, France would not accept a Huguenot king.

There would be the Guises, and the priests, and the papacy, and Spain all thrown in the scale against him.' "'That is likely enough, prince,' I said; 'and methinks your lot would be preferable, as King of Navarre, to that of King of France.
However, happily there is no reason for supposing that the king and his two brothers will die without heirs.' "He did not speak for some time, but sat there thinking.

You know the way he has.

Methinks, Philip, that when he comes to man's estate, and is King of Navarre, the Guises will find in him a very different opponent to deal with than the leaders of the Huguenots have been so far.
"The Admiral is so honest and loyal and truthful, himself, that he is ill fitted to match the subtlety of the queen mother, or the deceit and falsehood of the Guises.