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"I love reading novels," the Doctor exclaimed. "You can understand them without thinking too much."

"It was Sluy's box. Therefore, he was the host. Therefore, it was his responsibility to make a formal introduction of Etienne d'Arcachon to you, mademoiselle. But he was too Dutch, drunk, and distracted to perform his proper rôle. I never cleared my throat so many times - but to no avail. Monsieur d'Arcachon was placed in an impossible situation!"

"So he tried to take his own life?"

"It was the only honorable course," d'Avaux said simply.

"He is the politest man in France," Monmouth added.

And we are speaking only of kings and noblemen. Imagine the sufferings of the common people and the Vagabonds, who possess equal stature in God's eyes. And yet you ask me whether my mission is philosophick or diplomnatic, as if those two things can neatly be separated.