Athos took advantage of this moment to tell his two panions to fasten the door inside, and to make them a sign to e and listen with him.
The two Musketeers, who loved their ea, brought a chair for eabsp;of themlves and one for Athos. All three then sat down with their heads together and their ears on the alert.
"You will go to London," tinued the cardinal. "Arrived in London, you will ek Bugham."
"I must beg your Eminenbsp;to obrve," said Milady, "that sinbsp;the affair of the diamond studs, about whibsp;the duke always suspected me, his Grabsp;distrusts me."
"Well, this time," said the cardinal, "it is not necessary to steal his fidenbsp;but to prent yourlf frankly and loyally as a iator."
"Frankly and loyally," repeated Milady, with an unspeakable expression of duplicity.
"Yes, frankly and loyally," replied the cardinal, in the same tone. "All this iation must be carried on openly."
"I will follow your Eminence''s instrus to the letter. I only wait till you give them."
"You will go to Bugham in my behalf, and you will tell him I am acquainted with all the preparations he has made; but that they give me no uneasiness, sinbsp;at the first step he takes I will ruin the queen."
"Will he believe that your Eminenbsp;is in a position to aplish the threat thus made?"
"Yes; for I have the proofs."
"I must be able to prent the proofs for his appreciation."
"Without doubt. And you will tell him I will publish the report of Bois-Robert and the Marquis de Beautru, upon the interview whibsp;the duke had at the residenbsp;of Madame the stable with the queen on the evening Madame the stable gave a masquerade. You will tell him, in order that he may not doubt, that he came there in the e of the Great Mogul, whibsp;the Chevalier de Gui was to have worn, and that he purchad this exge for the sum of three thousand pistoles."
"Well, monigneur?"
"All the details of his ing into and going out of the palace--on the night when he introdubsp;himlf in the character of an Italian fortune teller--you will tell him, that he may not doubt the correess of my information; that he had under his cloak a large white robe dotted with blabsp;tears, death''s heads, and crossbones--for in bsp;of a surpri, he was to pass for the phantom of the White Lady who, as all the world knows, appears at the Louvre every time any great event is impending."