But amid all this he perceived, with a feeling of real joy, that the queen must have discovered the prison in which poor Mme. Bonacieux was explaining her devotion, and that she had freed her from that prison; and the letter he had received from the young woman, and her passage along the road of Chaillot like an apparition, were now explained.
Maar daarentegen begreep hij ook met een innig gevoel van blijdschap, dat het der koningin eindelijk was gelukt de gevangenis te ontdekken, waar de ongelukkige juffrouw Bonacieux haar toewijding boette, doch waaruit zij haar had bevrijd.