Besides, did not we leave him in Poitiers, laid up with his wound?
How then could he possibly be in Paris, when we have only just arrived here ourselves ?" "But didn't we stop several days at Tours?
and again at Orleans?
And even if his wound were not entirely healed he could easily travel in his luxurious carriage, by easy stages, from Poitiers to Paris.

His hurt was not of a dangerous character, you know, and he is young and vigorous.
You must be on your guard, my dear captain, unceasingly; never relax your vigilance for one moment, for I tell you there are those about who seek your life.

You once out of the way, Isabelle would, be in the duke's power--for what could we, poor players, do against such a great and powerful nobleman?
Even if Vallombreuse himself be not in Paris--though I am almost positive that he is--his emissaries are, as you know, and but for your own courage and watchfulness you would have been assassinated in your bed by them last night." This de Sigognac could not dispute, and he only nodded in token of assent, as he grasped the hilt of his sword, so as to be ready to draw it at the slightest cause for suspicion or alarm.

Meantime they had walked on as far as the Porte de la Conference, and now saw ahead of them a great cloud of dust, and through it the glitter of bayonets.
They stepped aside to let the cavalcade pass, and saw that the soldiers preceded the carriage of the king, who was returning from Saint Germain to the Louvre.

The curtains of the royal vehicle were raised, and the glasses let down, so that the people could distinctly see their sovereign, Louis XIII, who, pale as a ghost and dressed all in black, sat as motionless as an effigy in wax.