Lord de Winter adopted the same tactics as Milady, thinking that as his sister-in-law employed them they must be the best.
"But tell me, my dear sister," replied he, "what makes you come to England?"
"I come to see you," replied Milady, without knowing how much she aggravated by this reply the suspicions to which d'Artagnan's letter had given birth in the mind of her brother-in-law, and only desiring to gain the good will of her auditor by a falsehood.
