Part 33 (1/2)
The officer sprang out of the apartment with that alacrity which all the servants of the cardinal displayed in obeying him.
”To your Eminence!” murmured Bonacieux, rolling his eyes round in astonishment.
Five seconds has scarcely elapsed after the disappearance of the officer, when the door opened, and a new personage entered.
”It is he!” cried Bonacieux.
”He! What he?” asked the cardinal.
”The man who abducted my wife.”
The cardinal rang a second time. The officer reappeared.
”Place this man in the care of his guards again, and let him wait till I send for him.”
”No, monseigneur, no, it is not he!” cried Bonacieux; ”no, I was deceived. This is quite another man, and does not resemble him at all.
Monsieur is, I am sure, an honest man.”
”Take away that fool!” said the cardinal.
The officer took Bonacieux by the arm, and led him into the antechamber, where he found his two guards.
The newly introduced personage followed Bonacieux impatiently with his eyes till he had gone out; and the moment the door closed, ”They have seen each other;” said he, approaching the cardinal eagerly.
”Who?” asked his Eminence.
”He and she.”
”The queen and the duke?” cried Richelieu.
”Yes.”
”Where?”
”At the Louvre.”
”Are you sure of it?”
”Perfectly sure.”
”Who told you of it?”
”Madame de Lannoy, who is devoted to your Eminence, as you know.”
”Why did she not let me know sooner?”
”Whether by chance or mistrust, the queen made Madame de Surgis sleep in her chamber, and detained her all day.”
”Well, we are beaten! Now let us try to take our revenge.”