I would have taken measures accordingly, and nothing would have happened." It was all M.Langis's fault; it was to him that he imputed the disaster, and he hated him all the more.
However, as he approached Paris, he felt his courage returning.
"Those two letters frightened the old fairy," he thought.

"She will think twice before she declares war with me.

No, she will not dare." He added: "And if she dared, Antoinette loves me so much that I can make her believe what I please." And he prepared in his mind what he should say, in case the event occurred.
At that very moment Mme.

de Lorcy, who was alone with Princess Gulof, was saying: "Well, my dear, you have talked with my man.

What do you think of him ?" The princess distressed her by her reply.