Indeed, I think provincial air will suit us much
betterjust now than the air of Paris. You will do me honor, monsieur, said
dArtagnan. His two companionswere already on horseback.
Then a sudden idea crossed the mind of dArtagnan.
Why I was here only ten or twelve days ago.
But as you spoke to him you must have seen
him.
The decanters broken in pieces, and the
fruitscrushed, strewed the floor. Yes, monsieur, the one with which I gathermy
fruit.
Your Lordship does me much honor, said the host,
and I thankyou sincerely for your kind wish.
Ah, young man, young man, some flirtation or
other.
No; but thanks to this diamond, replied the young
man. With some gentleman who wastraveling this way, to whom he proposed a game of
LANSQUENET.
In theshadow was a carriage with two horses, and
some saddlehorses.
All this savors of his Eminence, a league
off.
It is a wound that confines him to his
bed?
By the word of a gentleman, you shall have no cause
torepent of your confidence.
These horses evidently belonged to the three men,
who were dressedas cavaliers.
DArtagnan, in order that there might be notime
lost, had saddled his horse himself. DArtagnan, in order that there might be notime
lost, had saddled his horse himself.
The lane was still deserted,and the same calm soft
light shone through the window. He went and resumed his post, beginning to berather
uneasy at this silence and this solitude.
Let us drink tothe prosperity of your
establishment.
DArtagnan thought of the appointment Mme.