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To get rid of a witness whom Marguerite believed to know more of Latin than he allowed was already a triumph, or at least a pledge of security for her; for alone with her husband she could give whatever translation of the Latin that she pleased.
Henri and his wife were then left tete-a-tete. He had on his face no appearance of disquietude or menace; decidedly he could not understand Latin.