I shall stop and conceal myself a few leagues hence until my brother can rejoin me.

Well, I take you with me; we conceal ourselves, and wait together." "But I shall not be allowed to go; I am almost a prisoner." "As they believe that I go in consequence of an order from the cardinal, no one will believe you anxious to follow me." "Well ?" "Well! The carriage is at the door; you bid me adieu; you mount the step to embrace me a last time; my brother's servant, who comes to fetch me, is told how to proceed; he makes a sign to the postillion, and we set off at a gallop." "But d'Artagnan! D'Artagnan! if he comes ?" "Shall we not know it ?" "How ?" "Nothing easier.

We will send my brother's servant back to Bethune, whom, as I told you, we can trust.

He shall assume a disguise, and place himself in front of the convent.

If the emissaries of the cardinal arrive, he will take no notice; if it is Monsieur d'Artagnan and his friends, he will bring them to us." "He knows them, then ?" "Doubtless.