He had been taught long ago how to work the lock of a door by those in the streets while he drank thoroughly and heavily. Locks are not a problem, especially not when he had seen a regent wandering through the hotel. "It is rare to see the Queen of France wandering the halls of a hotel in the midst of nowhere," he remarks, keeping his respectful attention deferred to the side. "Even here, my duty does not stop."

And besides that, Athos does not entirely trust Aramis any longer around the Queen. He is too eager to get them all hung for treason, he worries.