"
"But not after such a dream as I had last night," he said, with a
grimace--yet I could see that he was already comforted. "I
thought that I was passing along that street in my coach, and on
a sudden, between St. Innocent's church and the notary's--there
is a notary's there?"
"Yes, sire," I said, somewhat surprised.
"I heard a great roar, and something struck me down, and I found
myself pinned to the ground, in darkness, with my mouth full of
dust, and an immense beam on my chest. I lay for a time in
agony, fighting for breath, and then my brain seemed to burst in
my head, and I awoke."
"I have had such a dream, sire," I said, drily.
"Last night?"
"No," I said, "not last night."
He saw what I meant, and laughed; and being by this time quite
himself, left that and passed to discussing the strange affair of
La Trape and the milk. "Have you found, as yet, who was good
enough to supply it?" he asked.
"No, sire," I answered. "But I will see La Trape, and as soon as
I have learned anything, your majesty shall know it.
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