"You have dishonored me," he said, "in committing so foul an act of treason, so heinous a crime upon my guest, upon one who was peacefully reposing beneath my roof.

Oh! woe, woe is me!" "Woe to the man, rather, who beneath your roof meditated the ruin of your fortune, your life.

Do you forget that ?" "He was my guest, my sovereign." Aramis rose, his eyes literally bloodshot, his mouth trembling convulsively.

"Have I a man out of his senses to deal with ?" he said.
"You have an honorable man to deal with." "You are mad." "A man who will prevent you consummating your crime." "You are mad, I say." "A man who would sooner, oh! far sooner, die; who would kill you even, rather than allow you to complete his dishonor." And Fouquet snatched up his sword, which D'Artagnan had placed at the head of his bed, and clenched it resolutely in his hand.

Aramis frowned, and thrust his hand into his breast as if in search of a weapon.