Part 84 (1/2)
”Not yet, sire”
”See if M d'Artagnan has returned”
”Not yet, sire”
”It is very strange,””Call M Colbert”
Colbert entered; he had been expecting this all the , very sharply; ”you nan”
Colbert in his calm voice replied, ”Where does your ht for?”
”Eh! monsieur! do you not knohat I have sent him?” replied Louis, acrimoniously
”Your s that uess theine, sire; but I do not presume to be positive”
Colbert had not finished these words when a rougher voice than that of the king interrupted the interesting conversation thus begun between the , with evident joy
D'Artagnan, pale and in evidently bad hu, as he entered, ”Sire, is it your iven orders to
”About M Fouquet's house?”
”None!” replied Louis
”Ha!” said D'Artagnan, biting his mustache; ”I was not mistaken, then; it was monsieur here;” and he pointed to Colbert
”What orders? Let
”Orders to turn the house topsy-turvy, to beat M Fouquet's servants, to force the drawers, to give over a peaceful house to pillage! _Mordioux!_ these are savage orders!”
”Monsieur!” said Colbert, turning pale
”Monsieur,” interrupted D'Artagnan, ”the king alone, understand,--the king alone has a right to command my musketeers; but, as to you, I forbid you to do it, and I tell you so before hispens behind their ears”
”D'Artagnan! D'Artagnan!” ,” continued the raced I do not command _reitres_, thank you, nor clerks of the intendant, _mordioux!_”
”Well! but what is all this about?” said the king with authority
”About this, sire; uess your one to arrest M Fouquet; e to be constructed for his patron of yesterday--has sent M de Roncherolles to the lodgings of M Fouquet, and, under the pretense of securing the surintendant's papers, they have taken away the furniture My ; such were my orders Why did any one presu thee, have they been , we do; but we do not serve M Colbert!” [5]