Ah, Sire, if you would but agree with Monseigneur to dismiss the cabinet." "It is too late," said the king.
"There is only one flaw," continued the chancellor.

"This flaw is Colonel Beauvais, chief in command of the cuirassiers, who in authority stands between the Marshal and General Kronau.

I fear him.

Why?
Instinct.

He is too well informed of my projects for one thing; he laughs when I suggest in military affairs.