“Well! we won’t stir, then; but when they are all together — ”

“Then leave it to me, I have an idea.”

“If it is so, and your idea proves a good one — and your idea is most likely to be good — I am satisfied.”

“To your ambuscade, Porthos, and count how many enter.”

“But you, what will you do?”

“Don’t trouble yourself about me; I have a task to perform.”

“I think I hear shouts.”

“It is they!

To your post. Keep within reach of my voice and hand.”