"We are poor in Bearn, as poor as church mice; but not so poor that we cannot entertain a friend.

Your bedroom is prepared for you." Philip looked surprised.
"You don't suppose," the prince said, laughing, "that people can come and go, in this kingdom of ours, without being noticed.

We are weak, and for that very reason we must be on our guard.

Half the people who come here come for a purpose.

They come from the king, or from Philip of Spain, or from the Guises, and most of them mean mischief of some sort.