M. Bonacieux, who was ignorant that d’Artagnan had overheard his conversation with the stranger of Meung, related to his young tenant the persecutions of that monster, M. de Laffemas, whom he never ceased to designate, during his account, by the title of the "cardinal’s executioner," and expatiated at great length upon the Bastille, the bolts, the wickets, the dungeons, the gratings, the instruments of torture.
M. Bonacieux, qui ignorait que d'Artagnan eût entendu sa conversation avec l'inconnu de Meung, raconta à son jeune locataire les persécutions de ce monstre de M. de Laffemas, qu'il ne cessa de qualifier pendant tout son récit du titre de bourreau du cardinal et s'étendit longuement sur la Bastille, les verrous, les guichets, les soupiraux, les grilles et les instruments de torture.