“Sir,” said the prudent Planchet, “in the first place, are you on good terms with Monsieur de Rochefort?”
“Perfectly; one of my dearest friends.”
“Ah!
so much the better!”
“But what has De Rochefort to do with this manner you have of invading my room?”
“Ah, sir! I must first tell you that Monsieur de Rochefort is — — ”
Planchet hesitated.
“Egad, I know where he is,” said D’Artagnan. “He’s in the Bastile.”
“That is to say, he was there,” replied Planchet.