"Of monuments?"

"Yes, of monuments; we shall restore Whitehall."

"That is important. And in a month, you think?"

"I shall undertake it."

"That concerns you, monsieur, and when once you are engaged
---- "

"Yes, that concerns me. I know what I am about;
nevertheless, I will freely consult with you."

"You do me great honor; but I know very little about
architecture."

"Planchet, you are wrong; you are an excellent architect,
quite as good as I am, for the case in question."

"Thanks, monsieur. But your old friends of the musketeers?"

"I have been, I confess, tempted to speak of the thing to
those gentlemen, but they are all absent from their houses.
It is vexatious, for I know none more bold or more able."

"Ah! then it appears there will be an opposition, and the
enterprise will be disputed?"

"Oh, yes, Planchet, yes."