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`` You will , therefore , concede , your highness , that Chemerant relies upon the success of this mission for his good fortune ? '' `` That is true . '' `` Well , your highness , by refusing to take part in this insurrection , you leave Chemerant only the part of a jailer ; your capture can not make a success of the enterprise in which these two kings have so lively an interest . Then , believe me , you will cut a very sorry figure asking clemency of Chemerant , above all , at a time when he will be furious at seeing his hopes destroyed ; above all , when he knows that the man in whose favor you intercede has made him see numberless stars at full noon . Believe me , then , your highness , by accepting all Chemerant 's propositions , by seconding the plans of these two kings , you could scarcely hope to secure my pardon . '' `` James ! what he says is full of wisdom , '' said Angela .