Avtandil The Grand Opera painting

Avtandil The Grand Opera painting
Flamenco Dancer dance series painting
The apartment of M. Bonacieux, then, became a mouse-trap, and whoever appeared there was taken and examined by the cardinal’s people. It goes without saying that as a private passage led to the first floor, on which D’Artagnan lodged, those who called to see him were exempt from all search.
As to D’Artagnan, he did not stir from his apartment. He had converted his chamber into an observatory. From his windows he saw all who came and were caught; then, having removed some of the tiles of his floor and dug into the planking, and nothing remaining but a simple ceiling between him and the room beneath, in which the examinations were made, he heard all that passed between the inquisitors and the accused.
The examinations, preceded by a minute search of the persons arrested, were almost all conceived in this manner:
“Has Madame Bonacieux given anything to you for her husband, or any other person?
“Has Monsieur Bonacieux given anything to you for his wife, or for any other person?