“Your Majesty gives me your word that you will not see anyone between M. de la Trémouille and myself?”

“Nobody, by the faith of a gentleman.”

“Tomorrow, then, sire?”

“Tomorrow, Monsieur.”

“At what o’clock, please Your Majesty?”

“At any hour you will.”

“But in coming too early I should be afraid of awakening Your Majesty.”

“Awaken me! Do you think I ever sleep, then? I sleep no longer, Monsieur. I sometimes dream, that’s all. Come, then, as early as you like⁠—at seven o’clock; but beware, if you and your musketeers are guilty.”