In the second, I am even now summoned to the Louvre, and should be on my way thither.

By to-morrow evening, unless I am mistaken in the business on which I am required, I shall be on my way to a distant province with royal letters.
It is essential that our marriage take place before I go." "Why ?" she asked stubbornly.
He shrugged his shoulders.

"Why ?" he repeated.

"Can you ask, Mademoiselle, after the events of last night?
Because, if you please, I do not wish to share the fate of M.de Tignonville.

Because in these days life is uncertain, and death too certain.