“At Notre Dame.”
“What has he to do at Notre Dame?”
“He is beadle.”
“Bazin beadle at Notre Dame! He must know where his master is!”
“Without a doubt he must.”
D’Artagnan thought for a moment, then took his sword and put on his cloak to go out.
“Sir,” said Planchet, in a mournful tone, “do you abandon me thus to my fate? Think, if I am found out here, the people of the house, who have not seen me enter it, will take me for a thief.”
“True,” said D’Artagnan. “Let’s see. Canst thou speak any patois?”
“I can do something better than that, sir, I can speak Flemish.”
“Where the devil didst thou learn it?”