“I have a kindness to ask of you,” replied Bragelonne.
“Ask it, then.”
“You will some day return to France?”
“I hope so.”
“Ought I to write to Mademoiselle de la Valliere?”
“No, you must not.”
“But I have many things to say to her.”
“Go and say them to her, then.”
“Never!”
“Pray, what virtue do you attribute to a letter, which your speech might not possess?”