You have not said anything about me, I suppose, to Bragelonne, which you cannot repeat to myself." "No; but understand me, Guiche, that however much I may be ignorant of certain matters, I am quite as conversant with others.

If, for instance, we were conversing about certain intimacies of the Duke of Buckingham at Paris, as I did during my journey with the duke, I could tell you a great many interesting circumstances.

Would you like me to mention them ?" Guiche passed his hand across his forehead, which was covered with perspiration.

"No, no," he said, "a hundred times no! I have no curiosity for matters which do not concern me.

The Duke of Buckingham is for me nothing more than a simple acquaintance, while Raoul is an intimate friend.