But do not let that disturb you; I have no interest in this rising and I have taken no side.

I am from Paris, on a journey of--of pleasure.

My name is Bardelys--Marcel de Bardelys." "Bardelys the Magnificent ?" he questioned, and I could not repress a smile.
"I am that overrated man." "But then you are for the King!" And a note of disappointment crept into his voice.

Before I could make him any answer, he had resumed.

"No matter; Marcel de Bardelys is a gentleman, and party signifies little when a man is dying.