What I have done is not for love of you or Mancini--for I love neither of you.

It is done because noblesse m'oblige.

I told St.Auban that I would have no part in this outrage.

But that is not enough; I owe it to my honour to attempt the frustration of so dastardly a plan.

You, M.de Luynes, appear to be the most likely person to encompass this, in the interests of your friend Mancini; I leave the matter, therefore, in your hands.