"Dumas, Alexandre - The Man In The Iron Mask" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dumas Alexandre)

"No, Madame," said Aramis; "my diocese is Vannes."
"I meant that. I only thought that Belle-Isle-en-Mer-"
"Is a property belonging to M. Fouquet,- nothing more."
"Ah! I had been told that Belle-Isle was fortified; besides, I
know that you are a military man, my friend."
"I have forgotten everything of the kind since I entered the
church," said Aramis, annoyed.
"Very well. I then learned that you had returned from Vannes, and
I sent to one of our friends, M. le Comte de la Fere, who is
discretion itself; but he answered that he was not aware of your
address."
"So like Athos," thought the bishop; "that which is actually good
never alters."
"Well, then, you know that I cannot venture to show myself here, and
that the Queen-Mother has always some grievance or other against me."
"Yes, indeed; and I am surprised at it."
"Oh, there are various reasons for it! But, to continue, being
obliged to conceal myself, I was fortunate enough to meet with M.
d'Artagnan,- one of your old friends, I believe."
"A friend of mine still, Duchess."
"He gave me some information, and sent me to M. de Baisemeaux, the
governor of the Bastille."
Aramis started; and a light flashed from his eyes in the darkness of
the room which he could not conceal from his keen-sighted friend.
"M. de Baisemeaux!" he said; "why did d'Artagnan send you to M. de
Baisemeaux?"
"I cannot tell you."
"What can this possibly mean?" said the bishop, summoning all the
resources of his mind to his aid, in order to carry on the combat in a
befitting manner.
"M. de Baisemeaux is greatly indebted to you, d'Artagnan told me."
"True, he is so."
"And the address of a creditor is as easily ascertained as that of a
debtor."
"Also very true; and so Baisemeaux indicated to you-"
"St. Mande, where I forwarded a letter to you-"
"Which I have in my hand, and which is most precious to me," said
Aramis, "because I am indebted to it for the pleasure of seeing you."
The duchess, satisfied at having so successfully passed over the
various difficulties of so delicate an explanation, began to breathe
freely again; which Aramis, however, could not succeed in doing. "We
had got as far as your visit to Baisemeaux, I believe?" said he.
"Nay," said the duchess, laughing, "further than that."
"In that case we must have been speaking about your grudge against
the Queen-Mother."
"Further still," returned the duchess, "further still; we were
talking of the connection-"
"Which existed between you and the Franciscan," said Aramis,
interrupting her eagerly; "well, I am listening to you very
attentively."