“And it is because I am better informed than yourself, chevalier, that I insist upon De Guiche leaving.”
“No, no; I regret to differ from you, vicomte; but his departure is unnecessary. Why, indeed, should he leave? tell us why.”
“The king!”
“The king!” exclaimed De Guiche.
“Yes; I tell you the king has taken up the affair.”
“Bah!” said the chevalier, “the king likes De Guiche, and particularly his father; reflect, that, if the count were to leave, it would be an admission that he had done something which merited rebuke.”
“Why so?”
“No doubt of it; when one runs away, it is either from guilt or fear.”
“Sometimes, because a man is offended; often because he is wrongfully accused,” said Bragelonne. “We will assign as a reason for his departure, that he feels hurt and injured—nothing
