You were walking one day behind the Chartreux, when it would have been better if you had been elsewhere.

Then you took with your friends a journey to the waters of Forges; they stopped on the road, but you continued yours.

That is all very simple: you had business in England." "Monseigneur," said d'Artagnan, quite confused, "I went--" "Hunting at Windsor, or elsewhere--that concerns nobody.

I know, because it is my office to know everything.

On your return you were received by an august personage, and I perceive with pleasure that you preserve the souvenir she gave you." D'Artagnan placed his hand upon the queen's diamond, which he wore, and quickly turned the stone inward; but it was too late.
"The day after that, you received a visit from Cavois," resumed the cardinal.