Part 157 (2/2)

”I was brought up here”

”Truly?”

”It is worth soht up somewhere”

”You ait for me, then?”

”Let me reflect a little! Ay, that will do--at Armentieres”

”Where is that Armentieres?”

”A little town on the Lys; I shall only have to cross the river, and I shall be in a foreign country”

”Capital! but it is understood you will only cross the river in case of danger”

”That is well understood”

”And in that case, how shall I knohere you are?”

”You do not want your lackey?”

”Is he a sure man?”

”To the proof”

”Give him to me nobody knows him I will leave him at the place I quit, and he will conduct you to me”

”And you say you ait for me at Armentieres?”

”At Armentieres”

”Write that naet it There is nothing co in the name of a town Is it not so?”

”Eh, who knows? Neverthe name on half a sheet of paper; ”I will co the paper fro of his hat, ”youthe paper--repeat the na the route Now, is that all?”

”I believe so”

”Let us see: Buckingharievously wounded; your conversation with the cardinal overheard by the four Musketeers; Lord de Winter warned of your arrival at Portsnan and Athos to the Bastille; Aramis the lover of Madaain; to send you the chaise as soon as possible; to place my lackey at your disposal; to make you out a victim of the cardinal in order that the abbess may entertain no suspicion; Armentieres, on the banks of the Lys Is that all, then?”

”In truth, my dear Chevalier, you are a --”

”What?”

”I saw soarden Say that I am permitted to walk in those woods Who knows? Perhaps I shall stand in need of a back door for retreat”