I suppose it would be impossible for strangers to see him now." "An audience ?" a sparkle behind the spectacles.

"Is your business with the king, Monsieur ?" "My business is mine," shortly.

"I am only a tourist, and should have liked to see the king from mere curiosity.

However, had you explained all this to me, I should not have caused you so many gray hairs." "Monsieur did not give me the chance," simply.
"True," the Englishman replied soberly.

He began to think that he had been over hasty in asserting his privileges.