The edict reads that whosoever shall be found guilty of killing in a personal quarrel shall be subject to imprisonment or death.

The name of the man who wore your cloak, or I shall hold you culpable and punish you in his stead." The Chevalier stooped and recovered his hat, but he did not touch the sword.
"It is impossible for me to tell you, Monseigneur.

I do not know.

The cloak may have been stolen and worn by some one I never saw." "To whom did you lend the cloak ?" "To tell that might bring another innocent man under a cloud.

Besides, I have been absent thirty days; that is a long time to remember so trivial a thing." "Which is to say that you refuse to tell me ?" not without some admiration.
"It is," quietly.
"Your exoneration for the name, Chevalier.