many moments before he was told that a soldier wished to see him with a message from the stable workshops.
De Mouy was shown in, and the moment that the door was closed, he said: "Sire, I have come because it is time to act."
Henry looked as though these were words which it was no pleasure to hear, but De Mouy went on earnestly: "Fear nothing, sire. We are alone, and my time is short. I shall ask you for but one word which will give back to us of the New Faith all that the last year has taken away."
"I am listening."
"I ask you, is it true that you have renounced the Protestant faith?"
"Yes."
"With the lips only, or with the heart?"
"Is it not natural to be grateful to God when your lives are spared? And I was spared on that dreadful night."
"But can you not say that you did not ac
