"Place yourself there, close to me, Aramis, and I conjure you, for the last time, to explain to me in a manner I can comprehend--explain to me what we are doing here." "Porthos," said Aramis, much embarrassed.
"I know that the false king wished to dethrone the true king.

That is a fact, that I understand.

Well--" "Yes ?" said Aramis.
"I know that the false king formed the project of selling Belle-Isle to the English.

I understand that, too." "Yes ?" "I know that we engineers and captains came and threw ourselves into Belle-Isle to take direction of the works, and the command of ten companies levied and paid by M.Fouquet, or rather the ten companies of his son-in-law.

All that is plain." Aramis rose in a state of great impatience.