said Aramis, “but that one word is the name of some town or village.”
“Armentieres,” read Porthos; “Armentieres? I don’t know such a place.”
“And that name of a town or village is written in her hand!” cried Athos.
“Come on, come on!” said d’Artagnan; “let us keep that paper carefully, perhaps I have not thrown away my half-pistole. To horse, my friends, to horse!”
And the four friends flew at a gallop along the road to Bethune.