[The Grey Cloak by Harold MacGrath]@TWC D-Link bookThe Grey Cloak CHAPTER IV 23/49
I slept last night at the Pineapple in Fontainebleau. I repeat to you, I arrived scarce two hours ago." It was now for the first time that he noted the seriousness of the faces confronting him. "And I repeat that you arrived last night." "Monseigneur, that is telling me that I lie!" "Then tell the truth." Mazarin did not particularly relish the Chevalier's haughtiness.
"You were in Paris last night." "Monseigneur, I am a gentleman.
While I lack many virtues, I do not lack courage and truthfulness.
When I say that I slept in Fontainebleau, I say so truthfully.
Your Eminence will tell me the cause of this peculiar interrogatory.
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