Listen.

I had heard that he was invited to shoot at Rambouillet--a quiet party, not one of these great shoots.

I hear a lot of things.

I wanted to have a certain information, also certain hints conveyed to a diplomatic personage who was to be there, too.

A personage that would never let me get in touch with him though I had tried many times." "Incredible!" mocked Mills solemnly.
"The personage mistrusts his own susceptibility.