"Since you appear to know so many things, can you tell me what is become of that woman ?" "I presume that she has returned to Tours." "To Tours?
Yes, that may be.

You evidently know her.

But why did she return to Tours without telling me anything ?" "Because she was in fear of being arrested." "Why has she not written to me, then ?" "Because she was afraid of compromising you." "d'Artagnan, you restore me to life!" cried Aramis.

"I fancied myself despised, betrayed.

I was so delighted to see her again! I could not have believed she would risk her liberty for me, and yet for what other cause could she have returned to Paris ?" "For the cause which today takes us to England." "And what is this cause ?" demanded Aramis.
"Oh, you'll know it someday, Aramis; but at present I must imitate the discretion of 'the doctor's niece.'" Aramis smiled, as he remembered the tale he had told his friends on a certain evening.