all the power of his will, to prevent the color rising to his cheeks.
“Ma foi! why, Bazin!”
“The fool!”
“I do not say he is a man of genius, it is true; but he told me so; and after him, I repeat it to you.”
“I have never even seen M. Fouquet,” replied Aramis with a look as pure and calm as that of a virgin who has never told a lie.
“Well, but if you had seen him and known him, there is no harm in that,” replied D’Artagnan. “M. Fouquet is a very good sort of a man.”
“Humph!”
“A great politician.” Aramis made a gesture of indifference.