"Ah!" and he uttered a second "ah!" still more full of intelligence than the former; for this order explained Aramis's presence with the king, and that Aramis, in order to have obtained Fouquet's pardon, must have made considerable progress in the royal favor, and that this favor explained, in its tenor, the hardly conceivable assurance with which M.d'Herblay issued the order in the king's name.

For D'Artagnan it was quite sufficient to have understood something of the matter in hand to order to understand the rest.

He bowed and withdrew a couple of paces, as though he were about to leave.
"I am going with you," said the bishop.
"Where to ?" "To M.Fouquet; I wish to be a witness of his delight." "Ah! Aramis, how you puzzled me just now!" said D'Artagnan again.
"But you understand _now_, I suppose ?" "Of course I understand," he said aloud; but added in a low tone to himself, almost hissing the words between his teeth, "No, no, I do not understand yet.

But it is all the same, for here is the order for it." And then he added, "I will lead the way, monseigneur," and he conducted Aramis to Fouquet's apartments..