Part 93 (1/2)
”But I am now, sire”
”Yes, but that does not concern me; you have your own money, not mine; that does not enter into my account”
”I do not well understand what youryou to draw out words, speak spontaneously
Should you be satisfied with twenty thousand livres a year as a fixed inco his eyes to the utmost
”Would you be satisfied with four horses furnished and kept, and with a supple to occasions and needs, or would you prefer a fixed sum which would be, for example, forty thousand livres? Answer”
”Sire, your majesty--”
”Yes, you are surprised; that is natural, and I expected it Answer er that rapidity of judgment I have so much admired in you”
”It is certain, sire, that twenty thousand livres a year make a handsome sum; but--”
”No buts! Yes or no, is it an honorable indemnity?”
”Oh! very certainly”
”You will be satisfied with it? That is well It will be better to reckon the extra expenses separately; you can arrange that with Colbert
Now let us pass to so more important”
”But, sire, I told your majesty--”
”That you wanted rest, I know you did: only I replied that I would not allow it--I am master, I suppose?”
”Yes, sire”
”That is well You were for captain of the musketeers?”
”Yes, sire”
”Well, here is your coned I place it in this drawer The day on which you return from a certain expedition which I have to confide to you, on that day you nan still hesitated, and hung down his head ”Co, ”one would believe, to look at you, that you did not know that at the court of the eneral of the musketeers takes precedence of the marechals of France”
”Sire, I know he does”
”Then, am I to think you do put no faith in ”
”I have wished to prove to you, that you, so good a servant, had lost a goodlike the in to think you are, sire”