Part 61 (1/2)
D'Artagnan bowed ”In person,” said he
”Pardon me, but are you one of those Frenchmen who had secret relations with my father?”
”Exactly, my lord duke, I am one of those Frenchehis lifetime”
”No, monsieur, but he heard of me at the h the hands of the valet de chaers which threatened him; unfortunately, it caha had the intention of rendering a service to the father, you have come to claim the protection of the son”
”In the first place, matically, ”I claim the protection of no man His majesty, Charles II, to who some services--I may tell you,Charles II, then, ishes to honor me with sohness the Princess Henrietta, his sister, to whoood fortune to be of service hereafter Now, the king knew that you at this hness, and sentof you; and if you will not present hness, I shall be compelled to do without you, and present ham, determined to have the last word, ”you will not refuse me an explanation provoked by yourself”
”I never refuse, nan
”As you have had relations with my father, you must be acquainted with some private details?”
”These relations are already far removed from us, my lord--for you were not then born--and for some unfortunate diamond studs, which I received from his hands and carried back to France, it is really not worth while awakening so ha out his hand to hiht everywhere and who had a right to expect so much from us”
”To expect, my lord, in truth, that is my forte; all my life I have expected”
At this er approach her, arose and caham, ”you shall not wait for the presentation you clai: ”Mada, your brother, desires hness, Monsieur le Chevalier d'Artagnan”
”In order that your royal highness may have, in case of need, a firnan bowed
”You have still so upon D'Artagnan, while addressing the old servant
”Yes, iously in your nan, to whodoham, the princess, and Rochester looked at each other
”That,” said D'Artagnan, ”is another little secret, of which, in all probability, I shall not boast to his majesty's son, as I have done to you with respect to the diaham, ”monsieur has just, for the second time, recalled to ree, that I shall venture to ask your permission to take him to one side for a moment, to converse in private”
”Do, my lord,” said the princess; ”but restore to the sister, as quickly as possible, this friend so devoted to the brother” And she took the arnan
”Oh! tell ham, ”all that affair of the dialand, not even the son of him as the hero of it”