Is it not so ?" "Eh, who knows?
Never mind," said Milady, writing the name on half a sheet of paper; "I will compromise myself." "Well," said Rochefort, taking the paper from Milady, folding it, and placing it in the lining of his hat, "you may be easy.

I will do as children do, for fear of losing the paper--repeat the name along the route.

Now, is that all ?" "I believe so." "Let us see: Buckingham dead or grievously wounded; your conversation with the cardinal overheard by the four Musketeers; Lord de Winter warned of your arrival at Portsmouth; d'Artagnan and Athos to the Bastille; Aramis the lover of Madame de Chevreuse; Porthos an ass; Madame Bonacieux found again; to send you the chaise as soon as possible; to place my lackey at your disposal; to make you out a victim of the cardinal in order that the abbess may entertain no suspicion; Armentieres, on the banks of the Lys.

Is that all, then ?" "In truth, my dear Chevalier, you are a miracle of memory.

A PROPOS, add one thing--" "What ?" "I saw some very pretty woods which almost touch the convent garden.