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Lagardere answered , quietly : `` They are in the hands of Mademoiselle de Nevers . '' Gonzague looked triumphantly from Lagardere to the king . `` Then why is this pretended Mademoiselle de Nevers not here ? '' Lagardere replied , composedly : `` She is to be here at midnight . '' Gonzague looked at his watch . `` It is midnight now -- she is not here . Your majesty sees the worth of this man 's word . ''