Under the Red Robe Page #3

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How soon can they get here?

Not before midnight, on foot.

Listen, Marius.

There's something else I want you to find.

I have a suspicion that...

...there's an underground passage from

the castle to someplace in these woods.

What makes you think so?

I have my methods.

I'll find it.

You must.

Trust me.

I do.

- But, Master...

- But if they catch you nosing about...

They'll certainly hang you.

Yes, but if we don't get our man,

the cardinal will hang us both.

That's the bright future.

Yes. Very.

And remember that we are anxious to

accompany these 2 gentlemen to Spain.

Why not send the two of you to Spain?

And let them all decide?

But he might attack us!

And we shall be carrying in the diamonds!

And without the diamonds, there'll be no

pay for the troops!

Besides, there's a patrol

on the trail already.

We can't afford to take any further chances!

No. You are right.

Very well. I'd better give you the

diamonds at once.

Twenty-seven diamonds and two sapphires.

Spain will be a fine market for them.

And we can pay the troops.

What do you want?

May I pray a short audience, Your Grace?

I'll be there in a moment.

I'll let you know, Mr. de Vas.

- Did he see?

- Could he have?

Of course he did!

Let's make short work of him.

We can't kill a man who might be innocent!

What does he want of you?

I'll find out at once.

And you'd better keep the diamonds, then.

Yes.

I think they'll be safer with me.

If he did see...

You wanted to see me?

Why?

I want to leave this house at once.

Why?

Where are you going?

With the two gentlemen to Spain.

How do you know they are going to Spain?

You have a poor opinion of my

mental powers, madame.

Not of your mental powers.

My honesty?

You are wrong.

Let me go to Spain.

But you said you were so happy here!

I have been happier here than

at any time in my life.

- Then why?

- I'd better not tell you.

I think you had.

Oh, please!

I can understand anything but deceit!

Please!

Try to be honest!

I am a guest in this house.

You are the wife of the master

of this house.

Please don't ask any more.

Are you in the habit of running away...

...when you fall in love?

Did the virtuous women in Paris

teach you that habit?

And we poor provincial women

too intimidating?

You're not afraid anymore?

No.

I would face the nation, if

the mistress of the house cared for me.

The mistress of the house?

No, I'm afraid you haven't made a great

impression on the mistress of the house.

I'm sorry to shatter your dream.

But I'm afraid she doesn't care

two thoughts about you.

What did he want?

He wants to go to Spain.

I thought as much.

Well, we can't take him with us.

No, too dangerous.

- Where are the diamonds?

- The baron has them.

And we leave as soon as the moon is up.

When I pull the rope, you follow me down.

What, down there? I couldn't.

Pull yourself together.

- Come.

- What for?

The baron's room is below this one.

We've got to have those diamonds.

What diamonds?

The diamonds they are taking to de Foix.

In Spain to pay the troops.

Master!

You mean these?

How did you get them?

I just squeezed past the

baron on that narrow staircase.

Halves, master. My share.

Very well. A third.

Make it a fourth and call it quits.

One stone...

One little stone.

You shouldn't take it. You don't

know what they're worth!

With one stone I could buy an estate!

- Where?

- In England.

I thought you were so loyal to the cardinal.

Not if I could be a squire in England.

Open the gates! Open the gates!

The back!

- Out the back with the horse!

- Yes, my lady.

- Open the gate!

- Yes, my lady.

Hurry, hurry! They're waiting

with the horses!

Come, come.

Where is Baron Breteuil?

He was here. He left a few minutes ago.

Which direction?

Louis! In which direction?

Towards the passe, my lady.

Leaving by the main road?

I don't think so, sir.

Which road?

I think he took the west road, sir.

The west road.

Poor fellows!

They will be searching all night.

By which time the baron

will be across the border.

Good morning.

Good morning!

It is an early morning.

Yes, the poem.

The perfect Eden.

And here we have the perfect Eve.

Your Grace.

Monsieur.

Marguerite, would you suspect Monsieur

de Vas of being a poet?

Not of being a poet.

He says this is the Garden of Eden.

You mean before the serpent arrived?

I meant before the angel appeared.

Indeed.

- Well, let me tell you this -

- My lady!

May I have a word with you?

Elise!

Some news must have arrived.

Count Rossignac arrived.

No! Have you seen him?

No, but I saw his horse.

There.

Hidden away in those woods.

How do you know it was his?

I never forget a face.

It's a last straw!

Without the jewels, Edmond is ruined!

He must have the men!

He must pay them.

But where can the baron have lost them?

I can't imagine! It's incredible!

Why, it's no use running here looking.

We must search every corner of the house!

The baron's room, the underground passage,

everywhere!

Come Elise!

If the count has come back...

...he must have missed the diamonds.

Where the body is, there shall the

vultures be gathered together.

What on earth do you mean by that?

Where the horse is, the underground

passage can't be far away.

You have your moments.

Yes. And you have my diamonds.

Neither yours nor mine.

Look!

Goodbye, my count.

And tell Edmond not to despair.

Not to give up.

If we can't find the diamonds, we'll

find some other way to raise the money.

Goodbye.

Stay here.

Master, I -

- You silly fool!

- It was a twig you pushed me on!

- You're the one!

- Look!

She's gone!

Can I help you?

In what way?

With your work as a spy!

Spy?

Yes. It's an ugly word, I know.

But then, it's not a very

pretty profession, is it?

I know nothing about it.

Oh, please! Abuse my hospitality, but don't

insult my intelligence!

You wrong me.

Wrong you?

How could anyone wrong anything

so vile as you?

You got into the house by a trick!

Seeking information to send

to your dirty master!

I am my own master.

Then your master is dirtier than I thought!

I meant Richelieu, the butcher!

Oh, if only I were a man!

Yes, if only you were, I'd make you

eat every word you've spoke!

- All true!

- Not one!

- Liar!

- Silence! I take that from no one!

When I followed you just now...

...it was with a purpose.

Of course! To find the passage.

No. To repay, in some small measure, the

hospitality that you accuse me of abusing.

With good money?

With this.

Which I think you lost.

Even before you lost your temper.

The diamonds!

Why...

I found them.

In a passe in the forest.

You mean...

Take them back.

And take back the things you've said.

And the things you've thought about me.

Oh, my wicked soul!

All the horrible things I called him...

Can you imagine how I felt?

But you thanked him.

You told him you were sorry.

No.

He gave me no chance.

How clever of him.

He knows something about women.

He knows nothing whatever about women!

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