If your Majesty would be pleased to grant me--' 'There! Said I not so ?' cried the king, raising his hand with a laugh.
'He does want something.

But he seems not undeserving.

What does he pray, Rambouillet ?' 'A small command,' M.de Rambouillet answered, readily playing his part.

'And your Majesty would oblige me if you could grant the Sieur de Marsac's petition.

I will answer for it he is a man of experience.' 'Chut! A small command ?' Henry ejaculated, sitting down suddenly in apparent ill-humour.