“Unfortunately, monsieur,” said he, “kings do not know how to follow good advice.”
“Ah, my lord, Charles II. is not a king,” replied Athos, smiling in his turn, but with a very different expression from Monk.
“Let us terminate this, monsieur le comte, — that is your desire, is it not?”
Athos bowed.
“I shall give orders to have these two casks transported whither you please. Where are you lodging, monsieur?”
“In a little hamlet at the mouth of the river, your honor.”
“Oh, I know the hamlet; it consists of five or six houses, does it not?”