You will declare a state of siege.

Then you will send word to Michael that you demand an audience of the King--You follow me ?" "Ay, sire." "-- In twenty-four hours.

If he does not produce the King" (I laid my hand on his knee), "then the King is dead, and you will proclaim the next heir.

You know who that is ?" "The Princess Flavia." "And swear to me, on your faith and honour and by the fear of the living God, that you will stand by her to the death, and kill that reptile, and seat her where I sit now." "On my faith and honour, and by the fear of God, I swear it! And may Almighty God preserve your Majesty, for I think that you go on an errand of danger." "I hope that no life more precious than mine may be demanded," said I, rising.

Then I held out my hand to him.
"Marshal," I said, "in days to come, it may be--I know not--that you will hear strange things of the man who speaks to you now.