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A Passion.
The day of his arrival, on returning from the Palais Royal, Athos, as we have seen, went straight to his hotel in the Rue Saint-Honore.

He there found the Vicomte de Bragelonne waiting for him in his chamber, chatting with Grimaud.

It was not an easy thing to talk with this old servant.
Two men only possessed the secret, Athos and D'Artagnan.

The first succeeded, because Grimaud sought to make him speak himself; D'Artagnan, on the contrary, because he knew how to make Grimaud talk.