Could it be that a rebellion was about to break out?
If so I was on the king's service, and all was well.

I might even be going--and only eighteen--to make history! Or was it only a brawl on a great scale between two parties of nobles?
I had heard of such things happening in Paris.

Then--well I did not see how I could act in that case.

I must be guided by events.
I did not imagine anything else which it could be.

That is the truth, though it may need explanation.