As you have no incentive for running away, I will put you on your word, and the vicomte also.

You may go.

While I admire the spirit which led you to take up the Chevalier's cause, I deplore it.

Who, then, will succeed Monsieur le Marquis ?" "That is a question I can not answer.

To the best of my knowledge, no one will succeed Monsieur le Marquis de Perigny." "So this is what brought him over here?
What brought you ?" "Friendship for him, an empty purse and a pocketful of ambition." The answer pleased De Lauson, and he nodded.