OUR FRIEND will see you soon, and he will only see you to release you from that imprisonment in which your safety required you should be concealed.

Prepare, then, for your departure, and never despair of us.
Our charming Gascon has just proved himself as brave and faithful as ever.

Tell him that certain parties are grateful for the warning he has given.
"Yes, yes," said Milady; "the letter is precise.

Do you know what that warning was ?" "No, I only suspect he has warned the queen against some fresh machinations of the cardinal." "Yes, that's it, no doubt!" said Milady, returning the letter to Mme.
Bonacieux, and letting her head sink pensively upon her bosom.
At that moment they heard the gallop of a horse.
"Oh!" cried Mme.Bonacieux, darting to the window, "can it be he ?" Milady remained still in bed, petrified by surprise; so many unexpected things happened to her all at once that for the first time she was at a loss.
"He, he!" murmured she; "can it be he ?" And she remained in bed with her eyes fixed.
"Alas, no!" said Mme.Bonacieux; "it is a man I don't know, although he seems to be coming here.

Yes, he checks his pace; he stops at the gate; he rings." Milady sprang out of bed.
"You are sure it is not he ?" said she.
"Yes, yes, very sure!" "Perhaps you did not see well." "Oh, if I were to see the plume of his hat, the end of his cloak, I should know HIM!" Milady was dressing herself all the time.
"Yes, he has entered." "It is for you or me!" "My God, how agitated you seem!" "Yes, I admit it.