“A liberty of which I shall avail myself.”
“You are not ignorant, I suppose, duchesse, that M. Fouquet is on the best terms with the king of Spain.”
“I suppose so.”
“If, therefore, you begin a party warfare against M. Fouquet, he will reply in the same way; for he, too, is at perfect liberty to do so, is he not?”
“Oh! certainly.”
“And as he is on good terms with Spain, he will make use of that friendship as a weapon of attack.”
“You mean, that he is, naturally, on good terms with the general of the order of the Jesuits, my dear Aramis.”
“That may be the case, duchesse.”
“And that, consequently, the pension I have been receiving from the order will be stopped.”
“I am greatly afraid it might be.”