If I am trapped, it will be as a burglar and not as a spy.

Of course, if Douaille opens the proceedings by declaring himself against the scheme, I shall make myself scarce as quickly as I can." "You were quite right when you said just now," Hunterleys observed, "that Douaille will find himself in a difficult position.

There is no doubt but that he is an honest man.

On the other hand, it is a political axiom that the first duty of any statesman is to his own people.

If they can make Douaille believe that he is going to restore her lost provinces to France without the shedding of a drop of French blood, simply at England's expense, he will be confronted with a problem over which any man might hesitate.