"Name them."
"I have found the son of the Grand-duke of Zweibrucken-Veldenz. The grand-duchy must be restored to him."
"Anything else?"
"He loves a young girl, who loves him in her turn. She is the fairest and the most virtuous of her s*x. He must marry her."
"Anything else?"
"That is all."
"There is nothing more?"
"Nothing. Your majesty need only have this letter delivered to the editor of the Grand Journal , who will then destroy, unread, the article which he may now receive at any moment."
Lupin held out the letter, with a heavy heart and a trembling hand. If the Emperor took it, that would be a sign of his acceptance.
The Emperor hesitated and then, with an abrupt movement, took the letter, put on his hat, wrapped his cloak round him and walked out without a word.
