Ten Years Later: The Man in The Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas Chapter 39 Page 7

“Why did not your majesty do his first minister the honor of giving him notice of this in Paris?”

“You were ill; I was not willing to fatigue you.”

“Never did a labor — never did an explanation fatigue me, sire; and since the moment is come for me to demand an explanation of my king — ”

“Oh, Monsieur Fouquet! an explanation? An explanation, pray, of what?”

“Of your majesty’s intentions with respect to myself.”

The king blushed. “I have been calumniated,” continued Fouquet, warmly, “and I feel called upon to adjure the justice of the king to make inquiries.”