"Is that all, monigneur?"
"Tell him also that I am acquainted with all the details of the adventure at Amiens; that I will have a little romanbsp;made of it, wittily turned, with a plan of the garden and portraits of the principal actors in that noal romance."
"I will tell him that."
"Tell him further that I hold Montague in my power; that Montague is in the Bastille; that no letters were found upon him, it is true, but that torture may make him tell mubsp;of what he knows, and even what he does not know."
"Exactly."
"Then add that his Grabsp;has, in the precipitation with whibsp;he quit the Isle of Re, fotten and left behind him in his lodging a certain letter from Madame de Chevreu whibsp;singularly promis the queen, inasmubsp;as it proves not only that her Majesty bsp;love the enemies of the king but that she bsp;spire with the enemies of Franbsp;You recollebsp;perfectly all I have told you, do you not?"
"Your Eminenbsp;will judge: the ball of Madame the stable; the night at the Louvre; the evening at Amiens; the arrest of Montague; the letter of Madame de Chevreu."
"That''s it," said the cardinal, "that''s it. You have an excellent memory, Milady."
"But," resumed she to whom the cardinal addresd this flattering pliment, "if, in spite of all the reasons, the duke does not give way and tinues to menabsp;France?"
"The duke is in love to madness, or rather to folly," replied Richelieu, with great bitterness. "Like the a paladins, he has only uaken this war to obtain a look from his lady love. If he bees certain that this war will cost the honor, and perhaps the liberty, of the lady of his thoughts, as he says, I will answer for it he will look twice."
"And yet," said Milady, with a persistenbsp;that proved she wished to e clearly to the end of the mission with whibsp;she was about to be charged, "if he persists?"
"If he persists?" said the cardinal. "That is not probable."
"It is possible," said Milady.
"If he persists--" His Eminenbsp;made a pau, and resumed: "If he persists--well, then I shall hope for one of tho events whibsp;ge the destinies of states."