But at the same time, I cannot deny that they may have been placed there for some set purpose, of which I am ignorant.

Hitherto there has been nothing, whatever, to give any foundation to your fancies; but here is at least something tangible, whatever it may mean.

What is your own idea ?" "My own idea is, sir, that they intend to arrest all the Admiral's followers; and that the king, while speaking us fair, is really guided by Catharine, and has consented to her plans for the capture of all the Huguenot lords who have come into this trap." "I cannot believe that such an act of black treachery can be contemplated, Pierre.

All Europe would cry out against the king who, inviting numbers of his nobles to the marriage of his sister, seized that occasion for imprisoning them." "It may not be done by him, sir.

It may be the work of the Guises' agents among the mob of Paris; and that they intend to massacre us, as they did at Rouen and a score of other places, and as they have done here in Paris more than once." "That is as hard to believe as the other, Pierre.