It is your brother who sends this carriage." "Exactly; but that is not all.

That letter you have received, and which you believe to be from Madame de Chevreuse--" "Well ?" "It is a forgery." "How can that be ?" "Yes, a forgery; it is a snare to prevent your making any resistance when they come to fetch you." "But it is d'Artagnan that will come." "Do not deceive yourself.

D'Artagnan and his friends are detained at the siege of La Rochelle." "How do you know that ?" "My brother met some emissaries of the cardinal in the uniform of Musketeers.

You would have been summoned to the gate; you would have believed yourself about to meet friends; you would have been abducted, and conducted back to Paris." "Oh, my God! My senses fail me amid such a chaos of iniquities.

I feel, if this continues," said Mme.Bonacieux, raising her hands to her forehead, "I shall go mad!" "Stop--" "What ?" "I hear a horse's steps; it is my brother setting off again.