9/23 The King would bring him to terms, but no one will venture himself inside with the message. Rats in a trap, you know, bite hard, and care little whom they bite." "I begin to understand." "Precisely, M.le Comte. His Majesty would have sent M.de Nancay. But he elected to go to Chatillon, to seize the young brood there. The Admiral's children, you comprehend." "Whose teeth are not yet grown! He was wise." "To be sure, M.de Tavannes, to be sure. |