And remember he speaks French as well as English, though, being British, he pretends that he cannot." Monsieur de Gemosac turned to peer at his companion in the darkness.
"You speak hopefully, my friend," he said.

"There is something in your voice--" "Is there ?" laughed Colville, who seemed elated.

"There may well be.
For that man has been saying things, in that placid monotone which would have taken your breath away had you been able to understand them.
A hundred times I rejoiced that you understood no English, for your impatience, Marquis, might have silenced him as some rare-voiced bird is silenced by a sudden movement.

Yes, Marquis, there is a locket containing a portrait of Marie Antoinette.

There are other things also.