Part 35 (1/2)
Five nan, to whom the royal order had been communicated, entered Louis XIV's aparterly attentive, and still listening with all their ears The king did not even give the captain of the musketeers time to approach his armchair, but ran forward to meet him ”Take care,” he exclaiood, sire,” replied the captain, whose glance had for a long time past analyzed the storave the necessary order at the door; but, returning to the king, he said, ”Is there so fresh the matter, your majesty?”
”Howany other reply to the question addressed to him
”What for, sire?”
”Howupon the ground with his foot
”I have the uards and thirteen Swiss”
”How many men will be required to--”
”To do what, sire?” replied the e, calnan fell back a step
”To arrest M Fouquet!” he burst forth
”Are you going to tell , in tones of cold, vindictive passion
”I never say that anything is inan, wounded to the quick
”Very well; do it, then”
D'Artagnan turned on his heel, and made his way towards the door; it was but a short distance, and he cleared it in half a dozen paces; when he reached it he suddenly paused, and said, ”Your ive me, but, in order to effect this arrest, I should like written directions”
”For what purpose--and since when has the king's word been insufficient for you?”
”Because the word of a king, when it springs fro changes”
”A truce to set phrases, ht besides that?”
”Oh, I, at least, have certain thoughts and ideas, which, unfortunately, others have not,” D'Artagnan replied, i, in the tempest of his wrath, hesitated, and drew back in the face of D'Artagnan's frank courage, just as a horse crouches on his haunches under the strong hand of a bold and experienced rider ”What is your thought?” he exclainan: ”you cause a man to be arrested when you are still under his roof; and passion is alone the cause of that
When your anger shall have passed, you will regret what you have done; and then I wish to be in a position to show you your signature If that, however, should fail to be a reparation, it will at least show us that the king rong to lose his te, in a loud, passionate voice
”Did not randfathers, too, before me, lose their te your father and the king your grandfather never lost their temper except when under the protection of their own palace”