Well, it told me of nothing this morning.

But, stay a moment--look here, it has just fallen of its own accord into the last hole of the belt.

Do you know what that is a warning of ?" "No." "Well, that tells me of an arrest that will have to be made this very day." "Well," said the surintendant, more astonished than annoyed by this frankness, "if there is nothing disagreeable predicted to you by your sword, I am to conclude that it is not disagreeable for you to arrest me." "You! arrest _you!_" "Of course.

The warning--" "Does not concern you, since you have been arrested ever since yesterday.

It is not you I shall have to arrest, be assured of that.
That is the reason why I am delighted, and also the reason why I said that my day will be a happy one." And with these words, pronounced with the most affectionate graciousness of manner, the captain took leave of Fouquet in order to wait upon the king.