"Are not six enough?"
"M. de Bussy would kill four before they touched him. Do you remember the fight in the Rue St. Antoine?"
"I will give six thousand; if I do the thing, I will take care he does not escape."
"Have you your men?"
"Oh, there are plenty of unoccupied men-soldiers of fortune."
"Very well; but take care."
"Of what?"
"If they fail they will denounce you."
"I have the king to protect me."
"That will not hinder M. de Bussy from killing you."
"That is true."
"Should you like an auxiliary?"
"I should like anything which would aid me to get rid of him."
"Well, a certain enemy of your enemy is jealous."
"And he is now laying a snare for him?"
"Ah!"
"Well?"
"But he wants money; with your six thousand crowns he will take care of your affair as well as his own. You do
