Ten Years Later: Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas Chapter 11 Page 10

“Into what a wasp’s nest you have thrust yourself!”

“And as yet not quite far enough, if you will follow me into it.”

“Most certainly I will follow you where you like. Yet — ”

“Well, yet — ”

“While we have time, I think it will be prudent to turn back.”

“But I, on the contrary, think the wisest course to take is to put ourselves at once at the head of all these intrigues.”

“You will never be able to do it.”

“With you, I could superintend ten of them.

I am in my element, you must know. I was born to live at the court, as the salamander is made to live in the fire.”