I promised him that I would do his will, and by that promise I am bound.

But were Florimond indeed dead, and were I free to choose, I should not choose Marius were he the only man in all the world." Garnache moved nearer to her.
"You speak," said he, "as if you were indifferent in the matter of wedding Florimond, whilst I understand that your letter to the Queen professed you eager for the alliance.

I may be impertinent, but, frankly, your attitude puzzles me." "I am not indifferent," she answered him, but calmly, without enthusiasm.

"Florimond and I were playmates, and as a little child I loved him and admired him as I might have loved and admired a brother perhaps.

He is comely, honourable, and true.