The sergeant and turnkeys disappeared.

Baisemeaux re-entered, followed by a prisoner.

Aramis had placed himself in the shade; he saw without being seen.

Baisemeaux, in an agitated tone of voice, made the young man acquainted with the order which set him at liberty.

The prisoner listened, without making a single gesture or saying a word.
"You will swear ('tis the regulation that requires it)," added the governor, "never to reveal anything that you have seen or heard in the Bastile." The prisoner perceived a crucifix; he stretched out his hands and swore with his lips.