My King, who is now burning to have me hanged, and who, before the revolt, used to address me as _tu_, would have given me the Grand Cordon of his Order if I had cut off those three heads and distributed the money in those safes: for then I should have scored at least a partial success, and my country would have had a Charter of sorts ... Such is the way of the world, it is a game of chess.'
Mon roi qui, aujourd’hui, brûle de me faire pendre, et qui, avant la révolte, me tutoyait, m’eût donné le grand cordon de son ordre si j’avais fait tomber ces trois têtes et distribuer l’argent de ces caisses, car j’aurais obtenu au moins un demi-succès, et mon pays eût eu une charte telle quelle… Ainsi va le monde, c’est une partie d’échecs.