Part 91 (1/2)
”Yes, sire”
”That is, after having declared to ard toThat is always aued”
”I said so; yes, sire”
”And you afterwards adue was a pretext, and that discontent was the real cause”
”I was discontented, in fact; but that discontent has never betrayed itself, that I know of, and if, like a man of heart, I have spoken out before your ht of the matter before anybody else”
”Do not excuse yourself, D'Artagnan, but continue to listen tome the reproach that you were discontented, you received in reply a promise:--'Wait'--Is that not true?”
”Yes, sire, as true as what I told you”
”You answered me, 'Hereafter! No, now, immediately' Do not excuse yourself, I tell you It was natural, but you had no charity for your poor prince, Monsieur d'Artagnan”
”Sire!--charity for a king, on the part of a poor soldier!”
”You understand me very well; you knew that I stood in need of it; you knew very well that I was not master; you knew very well that my hope was in the future Now, you answered e,--and that directly'”
”That is true,”his mustache
”You did not flatter me when I was in distress,” added Louis
”But,” said D'Artagnan, raising his head nobly, ”if I did not flatter your majesty when poor, neither did I betray you I have shedat a door, knowing full well that neither bread nor bone would be thrown toof your e you speak of”
”I know you are a brave ht to have had so with?--that he left King Charles II without assistance?--let us say further--that he did notthese words, the king fixed upon the ht the latter, ”he is doing far , he divines The devil!”
”Your sentence,” continued Louis, ”fell upon the king and fell upon the nan, that weakness, for you considered it a weakness?”--D'Artagnan ard to monsieur, the defunct cardinal Now,hi hied As an ingrate or an egotist, would you, then, have better loved or served me?”
”Sire!”
”We will say no more about it, rets, and nan was not convinced The young king, in adopting a tone of hauteur with him, did not forward his purpose
”You have since reflected?” resunan, politely
”Why, upon all that I have said to you, monsieur”
”Yes, sire, no doubt--”