He imagined he had discovered the secret, and he felt pleased,- because a visit to Athos in the first place promised him much satisfaction, and in the next, gave him the hopes of finding at the same time a good bed and a good supper. The master, having got the carriage ready, ordered one of his men to drive the strangers to La Fere. They arrived at Athos's dwelling about nine o'clock in the evening, favored by a splendid moon. These were his last words in the carriage. Raoul listened often, but never understood.
Nothing replaces in the deeply afflicted heart the remembrance and thought of the beloved object.
Never can I persuade myself that I see that sweet and good mask change into a hypocritical and lascivious face. Athos then employed the heroic remedy. He defended Louise against Raoul, and justified her perfidy by her love. Both young, they have forgotten, he his rank, she her vows. Love absolves everything, Raoul.