It will be for you a tolerably pretty gain, and for me a very interesting stroke.

It will be said, 'Such was the old age of M.d'Artagnan,' and I shall hold a place in tales and even in history itself, Planchet.

I am greedy of honor." "Monsieur," cried Planchet, "when I think that it is here, in my home, in the midst of my sugar, my prunes, and my cinnamon, that this gigantic project is ripened, my shop seems a palace to me." "Beware, beware, Planchet! If the least report of this escapes, there is the Bastile for both of us.

Beware, my friend, for this is a plot we are hatching.

M.Monk is the ally of M.Mazarin--beware!" "Monsieur, when a man has had the honor to belong to you, he knows nothing of fear; and when he has had the advantage of being bound up in interests with you, he holds his tongue." "Very well; that is more your affair than mine, seeing that in a week I shall be in England." "Depart, monsieur, depart--the sooner the better." "Is the money, then, ready ?" "It will be to-morrow; to-morrow you shall receive it from my own hands.
Will you have gold or silver ?" "Gold; that is most convenient.