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"Ah! which belongs to M. Fouquet!" said D'Artagnan, in a serious tone, raising his intelligent eye to Louis XIV. "I fancy you are right, monsieur, and that Bell-Isle does belong to M. Fouquet, in fact." "Then your majesty wishes me to ascertain if Belle-Isle is a strong place?" "Yes." "If the fortifications of it are new or old?" "Precisely."
"But if they amuse themselves at Bell-Isle?" "If they amuse themselves through the king's means, they will attach themselves to the king; but if they get bored to death through the king's means, and amuse themselves through M. Fouquet, they will attach themselves to M. Fouquet." "And you informed my intendant, of course? so that immediately on their arrival "
The king allowed him to finish the compliments which he addressed to him, and fixed a long look upon a countenance which no one could forget, after having once beheld it. "Vannes!" he said: "you are bishop of Vannes, I believe?" "Yes, sire." "Vannes is in Bretagne, I think?" Aramis bowed. "Near the coast?" Aramis again bowed. "A few leagues from Bell-Isle, is it not?"
"At that period they were called Porthos and Aramis. Now they are styled M. d'Herblay and M. du Vallon." "And what interest have they in all this?" "It is they who were holding Bell-Isle for M. Fouquet." A murmur ran through the ranks of the soldiers on hearing the two words "Porthos and Aramis." "The musketeers! the musketeers!" repeated they.
Do you still love me, D'Artagnan?" "The same as I used to do," replied D'Artagnan, without compromising himself too much by this reply. "In that case, thanks; and now, for the most perfect frankness," said Aramis; "you visited Belle-Isle on behalf of the king?" "Pardieu!" "You wished to deprive us of the pleasure of offering Bell-Isle completely fortified to the king."
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