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So I will -- to-morrow , '' he replied . And in the end he would be obeyed . I took my leave of him as if for the night , and retired , leaving him at play with the Duke of Epernon . But an hour later , toward eight o'clock , his majesty , who had made an excuse to withdraw to his closet , met me outside the eastern gate of the Louvre . He was masked , and attended only by Coquet , his master of the household . I too wore a mask and was esquired by Maignan , under whose orders were four Swiss -- whom I had chosen because they were unable to speak French -- guarding the prisoner Andrew . I bade Maignan follow the innkeeper 's directions , and we proceeded in two parties through the streets on the left bank of the river , past the Châtelet and Bastile , until we reached an obscure street near the water , so narrow that the decrepit wooden houses shut out well-nigh all view of the sky .