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Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers63. THE DROP OF WATER (continued)"But where can I wait?" "Oh, there is no difficulty in that. I shall stop and conceal myself a few leagues hence until my brother can rejoin me. Well, I take you with me; we conceal ourselves, and wait together." "But I shall not be allowed to go; I am almost a prisoner." "As they believe that I go in consequence of an order from the cardinal, no one will believe you anxious to follow me." "Well?" "Well! The carriage is at the door; you bid me adieu; you mount the step to embrace me a last time; my brother's servant, who comes to fetch me, is told how to proceed; he makes a sign to the postillion, and we set off at a gallop." "But d'Artagnan! D'Artagnan! if he comes?" "Shall we not know it?" "How?" "Nothing easier. We will send my brother's servant back to Bethune, whom, as I told you, we can trust. He shall assume a disguise, and place himself in front of the convent. If the emissaries of the cardinal arrive, he will take no notice; if it is Monsieur d'Artagnan and his friends, he will bring them to us." "He knows them, then?" "Doubtless. Has he not seen Monsieur d'Artagnan at my house?" "Oh, yes, yes; you are right. Thus all may go well--all may be for the best; but we do not go far from this place?" "Seven or eight leagues at the most. We will keep on the frontiers, for instance; and at the first alarm we can leave France." "And what can we do there?" This is page 712 of 757. [Mark this Page] Mark any page to add this title to Your Bookshelf. (0 / 10 books on shelf) Buy a copy of The Three Musketeers at Amazon.com
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