apartments in this manner without his consent.”
“He will consent.”
“Monsieur, permit me to doubt that. The king has retired this quarter of an hour; he must be now undressing. Besides, the word is given.”
“When he knows who I am, he will recall the word.”
The officer was more and more surprised, more and more subdued.
“If I consent to announce you, may I at least know whom to announce, monsieur?”
“You will announce His Majesty Charles II., King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.”
The officer uttered a cry of astonishment, drew back, and there might be