"And something better still, monseigneur."
"What is that?"
"Liberty."
"I am free!"
"Yes; by the king's order."
Fouquet resumed his usual serenity, that he might interrogate Aramis with his look.
"Oh! yes, you can thank M. l'Eveque de Vannes," pursued D'Artagnan, "for it is indeed to him that you owe the change that has taken place in the king."
"Oh!" said Fouquet, more humiliated at the service than grateful at its success.
"But you," continued D'Artagnan, addressing Aramis—"you, who have become M. Fouquet's protector and patron, can you not do something for me?"
"Anything you like, my friend," replied the bishop, in a calm voice.