“does your majesty absolutely require M. d’Herblay to be brought to you?”
“Absolutely is not the word,” said Philippe; “I do not want him so particularly as that; but if he can be found — ”
“I thought so,” said D’Artagnan to himself.
“Is this M. d’Herblay the bishop of Vannes?”
“Yes, madame.”
“A friend of M. Fouquet?”
“Yes, madame; an old musketeer.”
Anne of Austria blushed.
“One of the four braves who formerly performed such prodigies.”