More than that; though sudden terror would surely kill him, I believe that any sudden emotion would be equally fatal.

My advice therefore is to leave Etienne to choose for himself, at his own pleasure, the path of love.

Listen to me, monseigneur; you are a great and powerful prince, but you understand nothing of such matters.

Give me your entire confidence, your unlimited confidence, and you shall have a grandson." "If I obtain a grandson by any sorcery whatever, I shall have you ennobled.

Yes, difficult as it may be, I'll make an old rascal into a man of honor; you shall be Baron de Forcalier.