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It will be quite a private ceremony and only a few privileged friends will be present to congratulate the happy pair . The witnesses to the contract on behalf of Mlle. de Sarzeau-Vendôme , the Prince de la Rochefoucauld-Limours and the Comte de Chartres , will be introduced by M. Arsène Lupin to the two gentlemen who have claimed the honour of acting as his groomsmen , namely , the prefect of police and the governor of the Santé Prison . '' Ten minutes later , the duke sent his servant Hyacinthe to the post with three express messages . At four o'clock , in Angélique 's presence , he saw the three cousins : Mussy , fat , heavy , pasty-faced ; d'Emboise , slender , fresh-coloured and shy : Caorches , short , thin and unhealthy-looking : all three , old bachelors by this time , lacking distinction in dress or appearance . The meeting was a short one . The duke had worked out his whole plan of campaign , a defensive campaign , of which he set forth the first stage in explicit terms : `` Angélique and I will leave Paris to-night for our place in Brittany . I rely on you , my three nephews , to help us get away .