They belong to history; and the history of that night and its consequences has been terrible.

I tell it to you now because I alone know it; because Louis XVIII.

never revealed the truth to that poor Madame de Cinq-Cygne; and because the present government which I serve is wholly indifferent as to whether the truth be known to the world or not.
"All four of these personages sat down in the boudoir.

The lame man undoubtedly closed the door before a word was said; it is even thought that he ran the bolt.

It is only persons of high rank who pay attention to such trifles.