If, for instance, we were conversing about the intimacies of the Duke of Buckingham at Paris, as I did during my journey with the duke, I could tell you a great many interesting circumstances.

Would you like me to mention them ?" De Guiche passed his hand across his forehead, which was covered in perspiration.

"No, no," he said, "a hundred times no! I have no curiosity for matters which do not concern me.

The Duke of Buckingham is for me nothing more than a simple acquaintance, whilst Raoul is an intimate friend.

I have not the slightest curiosity to learn what happened to the duke, while I have, on the contrary, the greatest interest in all that happened to Raoul." "In Paris ?" "Yes, in Paris, or Boulogne.