"And, now, it remains for us to see if your sagacity is in fault."
"Oh! sire, a man may be mistaken; errare humanum est," said the musketeer, philosophically.
"In that case, you are not human, Monsieur d'Artagnan, for I believe you never are mistaken."
"Your majesty said, that we were going to see whether such was the case or not."
"Yes."
"In what way, may I venture to ask?"
"I have sent for M. de Manicamp, and M. de Manicamp is coming."
"And M. de Manicamp knows the secret?"
"Guiche has no secrets for M. de Manicamp."
D'Artagnan shook his head. "No one was present at the combat, I repeat; and, unless M. de Manicamp was one of the two men who brought him back—"