But whence comes this blood?
Tell me, and then depart." "Yes, I will go, while the clouds are still dark above us.

Farewell, sweet soul; in my hour of danger I will invoke thee as a guardian angel.
Love has infused the burning poison of ambition into my soul, and for the first time I feel that ambition may be ennobled by its aim.
Farewell! I go to accomplish my destiny." "And forget not mine." "Can they ever be separated ?" "Never!" exclaimed Marie, "but by death." "I fear absence still more," said Cinq-Mars.
"Farewell! I tremble; farewell!" repeated the beloved voice, and the window was slowly drawn down, the clasped hands not parting till the last moment.
The black horse had all the while been pawing the earth, tossing his head with impatience, and whinnying.

Cinq-Mars, as agitated and restless as his steed, gave it the rein; and the whole party was soon near the city of Tours, which the bells of St.Gatien had announced from afar.
To the disappointment of old Grandchamp, Cinq-Mars would not enter the town, but proceeded on his way, and five days later he entered, with his escort, the old city of Loudun in Poitou, after an uneventful journey..