All! All! There shall not be one left to say to me, 'You did it!'" "Softly, sire," Tavannes answered; for Charles had gradually raised his voice.

"You will be observed." For the first time the young King--he was but twenty-two years old, God pity him!--looked at his companion.
"To be sure," he whispered; and his eyes grew cunning.

"Besides, and after all, there's another way, if I choose.

Oh, I've thought and thought, I'd have you know." And shrugging his shoulders, almost to his ears, he raised and lowered his open hands alternately, while his back hid the movement from the Chamber.

"See-saw! See-saw!" he muttered.
"And the King between the two, you see.