'Is that all ?' 'The man is not dead,' I muttered.
He shrugged his shoulders contemptuously.
'What of that ?' he said.

'That was not what you wanted to say to me.' 'Once I saved your Eminence's life,' I faltered miserably.
'Admitted,' he answered, in his thin, incisive voice.

'You mentioned the fact before.

On the other hand, you have taken six to my knowledge, M.de Berault.

You have lived the life of a bully, a common bravo, a gamester.