“How! What do you say?”

“That my orders go far, Madame; and that I am authorized to seek for the suspected paper, even on the person of Your Majesty.”

“What horror!” cried the queen.

“Be kind enough, then, Madame, to act more compliantly.”

“The conduct is infamously violent! Do you know that, Monsieur?”

“The king commands it, Madame; excuse me.”

“I will not suffer it! No, no, I would rather die!” cried the queen, in whom the imperious blood of Spain and Austria began to rise.