"Are you a prisoner, then, on parole?"

"No, not quite that. But I promised him I would not leave without
letting him know."

"Wait a minute, we shall return to that presently. Have you anything to
do here?"

"I, nothing: nothing of any importance, at least."

"Unless, indeed, you are Aramis's representative for something of
importance."

"By no means."

"What I tell you - pray, understand that - is out of interest for you. I
suppose, for instance, that you are commissioned to send messages and
letters to him?"

"Ah! letters -yes. I send certain letters to him."

"Where?"

"To Fontainebleau."

"Have you any letters, then?"

"But - "

"Nay, let me speak. Have you any letters, I say?"