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"Yes, innocent," replied the chevalier. And then he told Bathilde all of his life that he dared to tell her his duel with Lafare; how he had, after that, hidden in the Rue du Temps-Perdu; how he had seen Bathilde, and loved her; his astonishment at discovering successively in her the elegant woman, the skillful painter, the accomplished musician; his joy when he began to think that she was not indifferent to him; then he told her how he had received, as colonel of carabineers, the order to go to Brittany, and on his return was obliged to render an account of his mission to the Duchesse de Maine before returning to Paris.
"Ah!" said the captain, "I begin to understand; the chevalier got angry." "Exactly. "'It was I who said it, and who repeat it, and if it displeases you, my name is Lafare, captain of the guards. 'And mine, Fargy, said a second voice. 'And mine, Ravanne, said the third.
Marquis de Lafare," continued he, addressing his captain of the guards, "do your duty." Then the Marshal de Villeroy, seeing on what a precipice he stood, opened his mouth to attempt an excuse, but the regent left him no time to finish his sentence, and shut the door in his face. The Marquis de Lafare instantly approached the marshal, and demanded his sword.
Lafare dragged the young girl away, almost fainting, and placed her in one of the carriages always standing in the courtyard of the Palais Royal. During the route Bathilde did not speak; she was cold, dumb, and inanimate as a statue. Her eyes were fixed and tearless, but on arriving at the fortress she started.
D'Artagnan and Lafare place themselves at each side, and the prisoner is carried off through the gardens. The Light Horse follow, and, at a considerable and increasing speed they descend the staircase, turn to the left, and enter the orangery. There the suite remain, and the chair, its porters, and tenant, enter a second room, accompanied only by Lafare and D'Artagnan.
He only knew that it is sweet to live when one is loved, and he did not see why he should not live and love forever. He was still in this dream, when, as we have said, supping with his friend, the Baron de Valef, at La Fillon's, in the Rue Saint Honore, he had been all at once brutally awakened by Lafare.
"Look on that, and meditate. There is the blood of three brave gentlemen flowing probably for a folly." "Faith, captain," answered Ravanne, quite calmed down, "I believe you are right, and that you are the only one of us all that has got common sense." At that moment Lafare opened his eyes and recognized D'Harmental in the man who was tending him.
Ravanne, in spite of his presence of mind, could not find anything to reply to the captain; so he contented himself with bowing and going up to Lafare, who appeared to be the most seriously wounded. As to D'Harmental, Valef, and the captain, they rapidly gained the path, where they found the coach, and inside, the surgeon, who was enjoying a nap.
A footman out of livery opened the door, and Lafare gave Bathilde his arm she could scarcely stand all her strength had left her when hope left her. Lafare and the valet were obliged almost to carry her to the first floor. M. de Launay was at supper. They took Bathilde into a room to wait, while Lafare went directly to the governor.
Do not retain too unkind a remembrance of me, and behave so that ten years hence I may still think what I think now that is to say, that you are one of the noblest gentlemen in France. "Mon Dieu!" cried D'Harmental, striking his fist on a beautiful buhl table, which he smashed to bits, "if I have killed that poor Lafare I shall never forgive myself."
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