"In what are you distinguished from the rest ?" Then I determined on a bold stroke; for I knew that the King liked such things, if they were not too bold.
"I am a Jesuit at heart, Sir;" I said.

"I desire to do these things, if Your Majesty wills it so, simply that I may serve His Holiness in serving Your Majesty." "Oho!" said Charles; and he gathered his feet under him and looked at me more closely.

I met his eyes fairly and then dropped my own.
"Oho! That is frank enough, Mr.Mallock.You know all about me, I suppose.

You seem very young for such work.

How old are you?
Twenty-five ?" "I pass as twenty-five, Sir.