He would not have exchanged his position for a crown.

She was looking, and he was going to fight.
"You fool," Basterga returned, "we have but to call the watch from the Tertasse and you will be haled to the lock-up, and jailed and whipped, if not worse! And that jade with you! _Stultus es ?_ Do you hear?
Messer Syndic, will you be thwarted in this fashion?
Call these lawbreakers to order and bid them have done!" "Put up!" the Syndic cried, hoarse with rage.

He was beside himself, when he thought of the position in which he had placed himself.

He looked at the two as if he would fain have slain them where they stood.
"Or I call the watch, and it will be the worse for you," he continued.
"Do you hear me?
Put up ?" "He shall not go upstairs!" Claude answered, breathing quickly.

He was pale, but utterly and fixedly resolved.