From which it results, then, said Porthos, that what we have done is of no use.
For the moment it may be of some, replied the bishop, for we have a prisoner from whom we shall learn what our enemies are preparing to do.
Yes, let us interrogate the prisoner, said Porthos; and the means of making him speak are very simple. We are going to supper; we will invite him to join us; when he drinks he will talk.
This was done. The officer was at first rather uneasy, but became reassured on seeing what sort of men he had to deal with. He gave, without having any fear of compromising himself, all the details imaginable of the resignation and departure of dArtagnan. He explained how after that departure the new leader of the expedition had ordered a surprise upon Belle-Isle. There his explanatio
