Part 168 (2/2)
”No,for which I could be arrested is still unknown to your E man
”Holloa!” said he, ”what does that oodness to tell me, in the first place, what crimes are imputed to me, I will then tell him the deeds I have really done”
”Criht down far loftier heads than yours, neur?” said d'Artagnan, with a calmness which astonished the cardinal hi corresponded with the ene surprised state secrets; you are charged with having tried to thwart the plans of your general”
”And who charges nan, who had no doubt the accusation came from Milady, ”a woman branded by the justice of the country; a woland; a woman who poisoned her second husband and who attempted both to poison and assassinate me!”
”What do you say, monsieur?” cried the cardinal, astonished; ”and of o thus?”
”Of Milady de Winter,” replied d'Artagnan, ”yes, of Milady de Winter, of whose crinorant, since you have honored her with your confidence”
”Monsieur,” said the cardinal, ”if Milady de Winter has coe, she shall be punished”
”She has been punished, neur”
”And who has punished her?”
”We”
”She is in prison?”
”She is dead”
”Dead!” repeated the cardinal, who could not believe what he heard, ”dead! Did you not say she was dead?”
”Three times she attempted to kill me, and I pardoned her; but she murdered the woman I loved Then my friends and I took her, tried her, and conde of Mme Bonacieux in the convent of the Carmelites at Bethune, the trial in the isolated house, and the execution on the banks of the Lys
A shudder crept through the body of the cardinal, who did not shudder readily
But all at once, as if undergoing the influence of an unspoken thought, the countenance of the cardinal, till then gloorees, and recovered perfect serenity
”So,” said the cardinal, in a tone that contrasted strongly with the severity of his words, ”you have constituted yourselves judges, without re that they who punish without license to punish are assassins?”
”Monseigneur, I swear to you that I never for an instant had the intention of defending ly submit to any punishment your Eminence h to be afraid of death”
”Yes, I know you are a man of a stout heart, monsieur,” said the cardinal, with a voice almost affectionate; ”I can therefore tell you beforehand you shall be tried, and even condeht reply to your Eminence that he had his pardon in his pocket I content neur; I am ready”