The cavalier kneels at the beginning, the young lady by-and-by gets tamed down, and then it is she who has to supplicate .-- Who is this girl?
I would give anything to ascertain." This seemed impossible, however, for Aramis was the first to leave; the lady carefully concealed her head and face, and then immediately separated.

D'Artagnan could hold out no longer; he ran to the window which looked out on the Rue de Lyon, and saw Aramis just entering the inn.

The lady was proceeding in quite an opposite direction, and seemed, in fact, to be about to rejoin an equipage, consisting of two led horses and a carriage, which he could see standing close to the borders of the forest.

She was walking slowly, her head bent down, absorbed in the deepest meditation.
"Mordioux! mordioux! I must and will learn who that woman is," said the musketeer again; and then, without further deliberation, he set off in pursuit of her.

As he was going along, he tried to think how he could possibly contrive to make her raise her veil.