"You offer, sir, too much." "The offer is the King's." "And the conditions?
The price ?" "That you remain quiet, M.de Biron." "In the Arsenal ?" "In the Arsenal.

And do not too openly counteract the King's will.

That is all." The Grand Master looked puzzled.

"I will give up no one," he said.

"No one! Let that be understood." "The King requires no one." A pause.