Part 159 (1/2)
”Do not deceive yourself D'Artagnan and his friends are detained at the siege of La Rochelle”
”How do you know that?”
”My brother met some emissaries of the cardinal in the uniforate; you would have believed yourself about to meet friends; you would have been abducted, and conducted back to Paris”
”Oh, my God! My senses fail me amid such a chaos of iniquities I feel, if this continues,” said Mo mad!”
”Stop--”
”What?”
”I hear a horse's steps; it is ain I should like to offer him a last salute Con to M woallop
”Adieu, brother!” cried Milady
The chevalier raised his head, saw the two young wo, waved his hand in a friendly way to Milady
”The good George!” said she, closing the ith an expression of countenance full of affection and ed in reflections entirely personal
”Dear lady,” said M you; but what do you advise me to do? Good heaven! You have more experience than I have Speak; I will listen”
”In the first place,” said Milady, ”it is possible I nan and his friends may really come to your assistance”
”Oh, that would be too much!” cried Mme Bonacieux, ”so much happiness is not in store for me!”
”Then you comprehend it would be only a question of time, a sort of race, which should arrive first If your friends are the more speedy, you are to be saved; if the satellites of the cardinal, you are lost”
”Oh, yes, yes; lost beyond redemption! What, then, to do? What to do?”
”There would be a very simple means, very natural--”
”Tell hborhood, and assure yourself who are the men who come to ask for you”
”But where can I wait?”
”Oh, there is no difficulty in that I shall stop and conceal ues hence until my brother can rejoin me Well, I take you with ether”
”But I shall not be allowed to go; I ao in consequence of an order from the cardinal, no one will believe you anxious to follow e is at the door; you bid me adieu; you mount the step to embrace me a last time; my brother's servant, who con to the postillion, and we set off at a gallop”