'Are not you Monsieur de Cinq Mars?' cried he at length.--'And if I am, what follows then?'--'Why it follows that you are the person I want,' said the boy.--'And what want you with me?'--'Who is that?' demanded he, pointing to De Thou, who now came up. I soon satisfied him on that score, and he went on. 'My name is Henry de La Mothe, and I am Page to your good friend, the Count de Blenau, whom I have seen arrested and carried to the Bastille.' "Now, you know, Fontrailles, how dear I hold De Blenau; so you may guess how pleasantly this rang upon my ear. My first question to the Page was, whether my friend had sent him to me. 'No, no, Seigneur,' answered the boy; 'but as I knew you loved my master, and the King loved you, I thought it best to let you know, in case you might wish to serve him. He was taken as he was about to go with the Queen to Chantilly, and they would not let me or any other go with him, to serve him in prison. So I cast about in my mind, how I could serve him out of it, and consequently came off to seek you.'--'But how did you know where to find me?' demanded I, not a little fearing that our movements were watched; but the boy relieved me from that by answering, 'Why, Sir, there was a messenger came over from Chantilly to desire the Queen's presence; and amongst all the questions I asked him, there was one which made him tell me that you had gone to Troyes upon some business of inheritance, and as I heard that the path through this wood would save me a league, I took it, hoping to reach the town to-night.'