“Clumsy fellow that you are!” said Manicamp, grumblingly, pushing his horse towards De Guiche, so as almost to unseat him, and then, as he passed close to him, as if he had lost command over the horse, he whispered, “For goodness’ sake, think what you are saying.”
“Well, it is agreed, then,” said the prince; “since you are so devoted to me, I shall take you with me.”
“Anywhere, monseigneur,” replied De Guiche in a joyous tone, “whenever you like, and at once, too. Are you ready?”
And De Guiche, laughingly, gave his horse the rein, and galloped forward a few yards.
“One moment,” said the prince. “Let us go to the chateau first.”
“What for?”
“Why, to take my wife, of course.”
“What for?” asked De Guiche.
“Why, since I tell you that it is a project of conjugal affection, it is necessa
