I will ride him to death; my means permit me to do so, and by killing one horse after another, I shall arrive at Boulogne in eleven hours; I know the road.

Only tell your father one thing." "What is that ?" "That is--that the thing he knows about is placed at Planchet's house, except a fifth, and that--" "But, my dear D'Artagnan, rest assured that if you fly, two things will be said of you." "What are they, my dear friend ?" "The first, that you have been afraid." "Ah! and who will dare to say that ?" "The king first." "Well! but he will tell the truth,--I am afraid." "The second, that you knew yourself guilty." "Guilty of what ?" "Why, of the crimes they wish to impute to you." "That is true again.

So, then, you advise me to go and get myself made a prisoner in the Bastile ?" "M.

le Comte de la Fere would advise you just as I do." "_Pardieu!_ I know he would," said D'Artagnan thoughtfully.

"You are right, I shall not escape.