“Because, by and by, it might turn out a very good thing if M. Fouquet had never given you anything at all.”
“I don’t understand you,” said Porthos.
“It is not necessary you should understand.”
“But yet—”
“I will explain to you later, Porthos.”
“I’ll wager it is some piece of policy or other.”
“And of the most subtle character,” returned D’Artagnan.
Porthos nodded his head at this word policy; then, after a moment’s reflection, he added, “I confess, D’Artagnan, that I am no politician.”
“I know that well.”
“Oh! no one knows what you told me yourself, you, the bravest of the brave.”