CHAPTER V.

THE GASCON AND THE ITALIAN. In the meantime the Cardinal returned to his own room; and after asking Bernouin, who stood at the door, whether anything had happened during his absence, and being answered in the negative, he desired that he might be left alone. When he was alone, he opened the door of the corridor, and then that of the antechamber. There d'Artagnan was asleep upon a bench. The Cardinal went up to him, and touched his shoulder. D'Artagnan started, awakened himself, and, as he awoke, stood up exactly li…