“What do you think, Aramis?”
“Why, they are our men.”
“You are not mistaken; I recognize Monsieur de Flamarens.”
“And I, Monsieur de Chatillon.”
“As to the cavalier in the brown cloak——”
“It is the cardinal.”
“In person.”
“How the devil do they venture so near the Hotel de Bouillon?”
Athos smiled, but did not reply. Five minutes afterward they knocked at the prince’s door.
This door was guarded by a sentinel and there was also a guard placed in the courtyard, ready to obey the orders of the Prince de Conti’s lieutenant.