Part 20 (1/2)
”That she is ten thousand livres richer than I She would say I am but a poor superintendent! Go! and I pray that God will bless those who are mindful of his poor!”
”So also do I pray,” replied Ara Fouquet's hand
And he went out quickly, carrying off the letter for Lyonne and the notes for Seldon'sto lose patience
Chapter VII Another Supper at the Bastile
Seven o'clock sounded froreat clock of the Bastile, that famous clock, which, like all the accessories of the state prison, the very use of which is a torture, recalled to the prisoners' minds the destination of every hour of their punishures, like most of the clocks of the period, represented St Peter in bonds It was the supper hour of the unfortunate captives
The doors, grating on their enore of the baskets and trays of provisions, the abundance and the delicacy of which, as M de Baiseulated by the condition in life of the prisoner We understand on this head the theories of M de Baiseastronomic delicacies, head cook of the royal fortress, whose trays, full-laden, were ascending the steep staircases, carrying some consolation to the prisoners in the shape of honestly filled bottles of good vintages This sauest to-day, and the spit turned es, flanked with quails and flanking a larded leveret; boiled fowls; hams, fried and sprinkled hite wine, _cardons_ of Guipuzcoa and _la bisque ecrevisses_: these, together with soups and _hors d'oeuvres_, constituted the governor's bill of fare Baise at the bishop of Vannes, who, booted like a cavalier, dressed in gray and sword at side, kept talking of his hunger and testifying the liveliest impatience M de BaiseArahtly, volunteered confidence on confidence The prelate had again a little touch of the musketeer about him The bishop just trenched on the borders only of license in his style of conversation As for M de Baiseave hiuest's freedoht I dare not call you neur”
”By no means,” said Aramis; ”call me monsieur; I am booted”
”Do you know, ?”
”No! faith,” said Aralass; ”but I hope I reuest”
”You remind me of two, reatness”
”And let hio,” added Aramis ”The supper is completely served, and we shall eat it very ithout waiters I like exceedingly to be _tete-a-tete_ when I am with a friend” Baisely,” continued Aramis, ”to help myself”
”Retire, Francois,” cried Baisereatness puts me in mind of two persons; one very illustrious, the late cardinal, the great Cardinal de la Rochelle, ore boots like you”
”Indeed,” said Aramis; ”and the other?”
”The other was a certain musketeer, very handsome, very brave, very adventurous, very fortunate, who, fro abbe, turned musketeer, and from musketeer turned abbe” Aramis condescended to sed by Aramis's smile--”from abbe, bishop--and fro,” exclaiave h, dear M Baisemeaux As you said, I have on the boots of a cavalier, but I do not intend, for all that, to e”
”But you have wicked intentions, nevertheless,mundane is”
”You traverse the town and the streets in disguise?”
”In disguise, as you say”
”And you still make use of your sword?”
”Yes, I should think so; but only when I am compelled Do me the pleasure to summon Francois”
”Have you no wine there?”
”'Tis not for wine, but because it is hot here, and theis shut”
”I shut the s at supper-time so as not to hear the sounds or the arrival of couriers”