“Not yet.” said Aramis; “we have still a word to say to these gentlemen.”
And turning to Chatillon: “Sir, be so good as not to go away without giving me an opportunity to tell you something I cannot say before the queen.”
Chatillon bowed in token of assent and they all went out, stopping at the window of a gallery on the ground floor.
“Sir,” said Aramis, “you allowed yourself just now to treat us in a most extraordinary manner. That would not be endurable in any case, and is still less so on the part of those who came to bring the queen the message of a liar.”
“Sir!” cried De Chatillon.
“What have you