I know why the King had a will to send you, but I know not why you had the will to come." "That I will tell you later," Count Hannibal answered coolly.

"For the King, first.

My message is brief, M.de Biron.

Have you a mind to hold the scales in France ?" "Between ?" Biron asked contemptuously.
"Between the Lorrainers and the Huguenots." The Grand Master scowled fiercely.

"I have played the go-between once too often," he growled.
"It is no question of going between, it is a question of holding between," Tavannes answered coolly.