The Man in the Iron Mask Chapter XXII - Showing how the countersign was respected at the Bastile

In which the astute Fouquet arrives at the Bastile with urgent purpose, only to be met by stubborn refusal and a perplexing veil of secrecy surrounding a certain prisoner known as Marchiali. Undeterred and growing ever more resolute, he demands entrance to behold this mysterious captive, unveiling a scene charged with tempestuous cries that echo through the grim fortress walls.