"I don't doubt it in the least."

"Well, I am the intimate friend of the king; and a proof of that is, that
whenever there is anything disagreeable to tell him, it is I who have to
do it."

"But, dear D'Artagnan, if you present me - "

"Well!"

"Aramis will be angry."

"With me?"

"No, with _me_."

"Bah! whether he or I present you, since you are to be presented, what
does it matter?"

"They were going to get me some clothes made."

"Your own are splendid."

"Oh! those I had ordered were far more beautiful."

"Take care: the king likes simplicity."

"In that case, I will be simple. But what will M. Fouquet say, when he
learns that I have left?"