It was you who cut off the two diamond studs from the shoulder of the Duke of Buckingham; it was you had the Madame Bonacieux carried off; it was you who, in love with de Wardes and thinking to pass the night with him, opened the door to Monsieur d’Artagnan; it was you who, believing that de Wardes had deceived you, wished to have him killed by his rival; it was you who, when this rival had discovered your infamous secret, wished to have him killed in his turn by two assassins, whom you sent in pursuit of him; it was you who, finding the balls had missed their mark, sent poisoned wine with a forged letter, to make your victim believe that the wine came from his friends. In short, it was you who have but now in this chamber, seated in this chair I now fill, made an engagement with Cardinal Richelieu to cause the Duke of Buckingham to be assassinated, in exchange for the promise he has made you to allow you to assassinate d’Artagnan."
Oíd: sois vos quien cortó los dos herretes de diamantes del hombro del duque de Buckingham; sois vos quien ha hecho raptar a la señora Bonacieux; sois vos quien, enamorada de De Wardes, y creyendo pasar la noche con él, habéis abierto vuestra puerta al señor D'Artagnan; sois vos quien, creyendo que De Wardes os había engañado quisisteis hacerlo matar por su rival; sois vos quien, cuando este rival hubo descubierto vuestro infame secreto, habéis querido hacerlo matar por dos asesinos que enviasteis en su persecución; sois vos quien, viendo que las balas habían fallado su tiro, habéis enviado vino envenenado con una carta falsa para hacer creer a vuestra víctima que aquel vino venía de sus amigos; sois vos, en fin, quien en esta habitación, y sentada en la silla en que estoy, acabáis de aceptar con el cardenal Richelieu el compromiso de hacer asesinar al duque de Buckingham, a cambio de la promesa que él os ha hecho de dejaros asesinar a D'Artagnan.