Has my brother heard of THAT?
Tell me, sir, has that news reached him ?' 'He has heard it, sire.' 'And he approved?
He approved, of course ?' 'Beyond doubt the man was a traitor,' M.de Rosny answered delicately.
'His life was forfeit, sire.

Who can question it ?' 'And he has paid the forfeit,' the king rejoined, looking down at the floor and immediately falling into a moodiness as sudden as his excitement.

His lips moved.

He muttered something inaudible, and began to play absently with his cup and ball, his mind occupied apparently with a gloomy retrospect.

'M.