"Monsieur de Bragelonne," it ran, "You are, of all the Frenchmen Ihave known, the one with whom I am most pleased; I am about to put yourfriendship to the proof. I have received a certain message, writtenin very good French. As I am an Englishman, I am afraid of notcomprehending it very clearly. The letter has a good name attached toit, and that is all I can tell you. Will you be good enough to come andsee me? for I am told you have arrived from Blois.
"Your devoted
"Villiers, Duke of Buckingham."
"I am going now to see your master," said Raoul to De Guiche's servant,as he dismissed him; "and I shall be with the Duke of Buckingham in anhour," he added, dismissing with these words the duke's messenger.
CHAPTER 94. Sword-thrusts in the Water