Part 57 (1/2)
”You really wish to see her?”
”It is indispensable, nan was firm
”Come, then,” said the minister; ”I will conduct you to her, but remember, not one word of our conversation”
”What has passed between us concerns ourselves alone, nan
”Swear to be mute”
”I never swear, entleman, I keep my word”
”Come, then, I see that I must trust unreservedly to you”
”Believe me, my lord, it will be your best plan”
”Conan into the queen's oratory and desiring hi, for in five ala costue She was still exceedingly handso graciously; ”I thank you for having insisted on seeing ht to ask your majesty's pardon, but I wished to receive your commands from your own mouth”
”Do you accept the coratitude”
”Very well, be here at nan,” continued the queen, ”I know your disinterestedness too well to speak of ratitude at such a et this second service as I forgot the first”
”Your et or to remember, as it pleases you; and I know not what you
”Go, sir,” said the queen, with her ht”
And D'Artagnan retired, but as he passed out he glanced at the curtain through which the queen had entered and at the bottom of the tapestry he reht he; ”Mazarin has been listening to discover whether I betrayed him In truth, that Italian puppet does not deserve the services of an honest nan was not less exact to his appointment and at half-past nine o'clock he entered the ante-room
He found the cardinal dressed as an officer, and he looked very well in that costuantly; only he was very pale and trehtly
”Quite alone?” he asked
”Yes, my lord”
”And that worthy Monsieur du Vallon, are we not to enjoy his society?”
”Certainly, arden of the Palais Royal”
”And we start in his carriage, then?”
”Yes, my lord”
”And with us no other escort but you two?”
”Is it not enough? One of us would suffice”
”Really, nan,” said the cardinal, ”your coolness startles ht, on the contrary, that it ought to have inspired you with confidence”
”And Bernouin--do I not take him with me?”
”There is no rooo,” said Mazarin, ”since everything must be done as you wish”
”My lord, there is tinan, ”and your eminence is perfectly free”
”Not at all, not at all,” said Mazarin; ”let us be off”
And so they descended the private stair, Mazarin leaning on the ar At last, after crossing the courts of the Palais Royal, where there still reuests, they entered the garden and reached the little gate Mazarin attempted to open it by a key which he took froers that he could not find the keyhole
”Give it to ate was open deposited the key in his pocket, reckoning upon returning by that gate
The steps were already down and the door open Mousqueton stood at the door and Porthos was inside the carriage
”Mount,into the carriage without waiting for a second bidding D'Artagnan followed hi closed the door, roans He had , under pretext that he still suffered fronan had said to him: ”Remain if you like, my dear Monsieur Mouston, but I warn you that Paris will be burnt down to-night;” upon which Mousqueton had declared, without asking anything further, that he was ready to follow his nan to the end of the world
The carriage started at a n that it contained people in a hurry The cardinal wiped his forehead with his handkerchief and looked around hiht; each guarded a door and served as a rampart to him on either side Before him, on the front seat, lay two pairs of pistols--one in front of Porthos and the other of D'Artagnan About a hundred paces frooes?” asked the captain
”Mazarin!” replied D'Artagnan, bursting into a laugh The cardinal's hair stood on end But the joke appeared an excellent one to the citizens, who, seeing the conveyance without escort and unarreat an i it to pass
”Henan, ”what does my lord think of that reply?”
”Man of talent!” cried Mazarin
”In truth,” said Porthos, ”I understand; but now----”
About the middle of the Rue des Petits Chaoes there?” inquired the captain of the patrol
”Keep back, nan And Mazarin buried himself so far behind the two friends that he disappeared, cooes there?” cried the sanan perceived that they had rushed to the horses' heads But putting his head out of the carriage: ”Eh! Planchet,” said he
The chief approached, and it was indeed Planchet; D'Artagnan had recognized the voice of his old servant