Nobody says so.

Nobody." "You are hiding something from me.

Who is it who says this ?" "Oh, do not ask me, sire." "You said that it was reported that I had changed my life not through religion, but through stress of years.

Who said so ?" "Oh, sire, it was but foolish court gossip, all unworthy of your attention.

It was but the empty common talk of cavaliers who had nothing else to say to gain a smile from their ladies." "The common talk ?" Louis flushed crimson.
"Have I, then, grown so aged?
You have known me for nearly twenty years.