Aramis.

"Sometimes it seems to me," said the latter, "that I have before me the
man whom I seek, and then - "

"And then your man disappears, - is it not so?" said the prisoner,
smiling. "So much the better."

Aramis rose. "Certainly," said he; "I have nothing further to say to a
man who mistrusts me as you do."

"And I, monsieur," said the prisoner, in the same tone, "have nothing to
say to a man who will not understand that a prisoner ought to be
mistrustful of everybody."

"Even of his old friends," said Aramis. "Oh, monseigneur, you are _too_
prudent!"

"Of my old friends? - you one of my old friends, - you?"

"Do you no longer remember," said Aramis, "that you once saw, in the
village where your early years were spent - "

"Do you know the name of the village?" asked the prisoner.

"Noisy-le-Sec, monseigneur," answered Aramis, firmly.

"Go on," said the young man, with an immovable aspect.

"Stay, monseigneur," said Aramis; "if you are positively resolved to