There we were no sooner hidden in part, though
not completely, than he threw his arms about me and embraced me
with the warmest expressions. "Ah, my friend," he said, putting
me from him at last, "what shall I say to you?"
"The queen is satisfied, sire?"
"Perfectly; and desires to be commended to you."
"He confessed, then?"
Henry nodded, with a look in his face that I did not understand.
"Yes," he said, "fully. It was as you thought, my friend. God
have mercy upon him!"
I started. "What?" I said. "Has he--"
The King nodded, and could not repress a shudder. "Yes," he
said; "but not, thank Heaven, until he had left the closet. He
had something about him."
Sillery began anxiously to clear himself; but the King, with his
usual good nature, stopped him, and bade us all go and dine,
saying that we must be famished. He ended by directing me to be
back in an hour, since his own appetite was spoiled. "And bring
with you all your patience," he added, "for I have a hundred
questions to ask you.
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