had a severe wound in the side."

"Ah! the wretches; Aurilly said he was sure they were bent on
mischief."

"How! you saw the ambush, you were with Aurilly, who uses his
sword as well as his lute, you thought they had bad intentions,
and you did not watch to give aid?"

"I did not know who they were waiting for."

"Mort diable! when you saw the king's friends, you might have
known it was against some friends of yours. Now, as there is
hardly any one but myself who has courage to be your friend, you
might have guessed that it was I."

"Oh! perhaps you are right, my dear Bussy, but I did not think
of all that."

When they entered, "Remember your promise," said Bussy, "I have
some one to speak to."

"You leave me, Bussy?"

"Yes, I must, but if I hear a great noise I will come to you,
so speak loud."

Then Bussy, followed by Jeanne, took a secret staircase, traversed
two or three corridors, and arrived at an antechamber.