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”