from those which were inquiringly directed on him at that instant.
“Sir,” resumed the cardinal, “you are to come with me, or rather, I am to go with you.”
“I am at your command, my lord,” returned D’Artagnan.
“I wish to visit in person the outposts which surround the Palais Royal; do you suppose that there is any danger in so doing?”
“Danger, my lord!” exclaimed D’Artagnan with a look of astonishment, “what danger?”
“I am told that there is a general insurrection.”
“The uniform of the king’s musketeers carries a certain respect with it, and even if that were not the case I would engage with four of my men to put to flight a hundred of these clowns.”