Give me whatever guard you like, chain me if you like, but leave me the house I inhabit for my prison.

The general, on his return, would reproach you, I swear on the honor of a gentleman, for having displeased him in this." "So be it, monsieur," said the lieutenant; "return to your abode." Then they placed over Athos a guard of fifty men, who surrounded his house, without losing sight of him for a minute.
The secret remained secure, but hours, days passed away without the general's returning, or without anything being heard of him..