Daugercannothavebeenunderfifty-three。
Therethecasestands。IfMattiolidiedinApril，1694，hecannotbetheManintheIronMask。OfDauger’sdeathwefindnorecord，unlesshewastheManintheIronMask，anddied，in1703，intheBastille。Hewascertainly，in1669and1688，atPignerolandatSainte-Marguerite，thecenterofthemysteryaboutsomegreatprisoner，aMarshalofFrance，theDucdeBeaufort，orasonofOliverCromwell。Mattioliwasnotmystery，nosecret。Daugerissomysteriousthatprobablythesecretofhismysterywasunknowntohimself。By1701，whenobscurewretcheswereshutupwiththeMask，thesecret，whateveritsnature，hadceasedtobeofmoment。
Thecaptivewasnowthemerevictimofcruelroutine。Buttwentyyearsearlier，Saint-MarshadsaidthatDauger“takesthingseasily，resignedtothewillofGodandtheKing。“
Tosumup，onJuly1，1669，thevaletoftheHuguenotintriguer，RouxdeMarsilly，thevaletresidentinEngland，knowntohismasteras“Martin，“was“wanted“bytheFrenchsecretpolice。ByJuly19，avalet，ofthehighestpoliticalimportance，hadbeenbroughttoDunkirk，fromEngland，nodoubt。Myhypothesisassumesthatthisvalet，thoughnowstyled“EustacheDauger，“wasthe“MartinofRouxdeMarsilly。HewaskeptwithsomuchmysteryatPigernolthatalreadythelegendbeganitscourse；thecaptivevaletwassaidtobeaMarshalofFrance!WethenfollowDaugerfromPigneroltoLesExiles，tillJanuary，1687，whenonevaletoutofapair，Daugerbeingoneofthem，dies。WepresumethatDaugeristhesurvivor，becausethegreatmysterystillis“whatheHAS
DONE，“whereastheothervalethaddonenothing，butmayhaveknownDauger’ssecret。Againtheothervalethadlongbeendropsical，andthevaletwhodiedin1687diedofdropsy。