Part 43 (1/2)
”He will be presented to you to-day, and confidentially will congratulate you on the danger which that conspirator has made you run”
”What is to be done with him?”
”With M du Vallon?”
”Yes; confer a dukedom on hi in a significant h, Monsieur d'Herblay?”
”I laugh at the extreme caution of your idea”
”Cautious, why so?”
”Your majesty is doubtless afraid that poor Porthos et rid of hi him a duke?”
”Certainly; you would assuredly kill him, for he would die from joy, and the secret would die with hiood friend”
At this moment, and in the ht tone of which the two conspirators concealed their joy and pride at theirwhich made him prick up his ears
”What is that?” said Philippe
”The dawn, sire”
”Well?”
”Well, before you retired to bed last night, you probably decided to do so at break of day”
”Yes, I toldman hurriedly, ”that I should expect him”
”If you told him that, he will certainly be here, for he is a most punctual man”
”I hear a step in the vestibule”
”It in the attack,” said the young king resolutely
”Be cautious for Heaven's sake To begin the attack, and with D'Artagnan, would be ; he is a hundred ree, but if he co, he will be sure to detect soine it his business to occupy hinan to penetrate into this roohly, or introduce so dom may be deceived by the traces of twenty different persons”
”But how can I send hiiven him a rendezvous?”