“Very well,” said Mazarin, “if I place you in security, in a manner evident, palpable — — ”

“Ah! that is another thing,” said Porthos.

“Let us see,” said Athos.

“Let us see,” said D’Artagnan.

“In the first place, do you accept?” asked the cardinal.

“Unfold your plan, my lord, and we will see.”

“Take notice that you are shut up — captured.”

“You well know, my lord, that there always remains to us a last resource.”

“What?”