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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 1
1. The Three Presents Of D’Artagnan The Elder
On the first Monday of the month of April, 16 25, the market town of Meung, in
which the author of Romance of the ... against the king, but never against
cardinal or Spain. It resulted, then, from this habit that on the said first Monday
of April, 16 25, the citizens, on hearing t...
... Rochefort,” cried Porthos, “if I were the esquire of poor Chalais, should
THE THREE MUSKERTEERS
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 2
2. The Antechamber Of M. De Tréville
M. de Troisville, as his family ... the massive door covered with long square-headed nails, he fell
into the midst of a troop of swordsmen, who crossed one another in their
passage, calling out, quarreling, and play...
... which we see constantly breaking out against the cardinal, bid me
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CHAPTER 3
3. The Audience
M. de Tréville was at the moment in rather ill-humor, ... Porthos! Aramis!”
The two Musketeers with whom we have already made acquaintance, and who
answered to the last of these three names, immediately quitted the group of
which they had...
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 4
4. The Shoulder Of Athos, The Baldric Of Porthos And The Handkerchief ... Porthos And The Handkerchief Of
Aramis
D’Artagnan, in a state of fury, crossed the antechamber at three bounds, and
was darting toward the stairs, which he reckoned upon descending four at a
time, ... polite; it is easy to perceive
that you come fro...
... punctual as the Samaritan woman,
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CHAPTER 5
5. The King’s Musketeers And The Cardinal’s Guards
D’Artagnan was acquainted with nobody in Paris. He went ... trial upon myself.”
“Well?”
“Well, I am sure that in less than three days this balsam would cure you; and at
the end of three days, when you would be cured well, sir, it wou...
... Dessessart
thus received four instead of one when it admitted D’Artagnan.
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 7
When D’Artagnan was out of the Louvre, and consulted his friends upon ...
On their side, the three Musketeers were much attached to their young comrade.
The friendship which united these four men, and the want they felt of seeing
another three o...
... that someone has written to the Duke of Buckingham in her
name.”
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 8
8. Concerning A Court Intrigue
In the meantime, the forty pistoles of ... Madame d’Aiguillon?”
“Still higher.”
“Of Madame de Chevreuse?”
thing as an income of two or three thousand crown in the haberdashery
business, but more particularly in venturin...
... come to arrest me. Save me! Save me!”
Porthos and Aramis arose.
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CHAPTER 9
9. D’Artagnan Shows Himself
As Athos and Porthos had foreseen, at the ...
“Ah! She has a carriage, then, this niece of the doctor?” interrupted Porthos, one
of whose faults was a great looseness of tongue. “A nice acquaintance, my
friend!”
“Porthos,” repl...
... Duke of Buckingham is in Paris, and if he has had, or is likely to
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 10
10. A Mousetrap In The Seventeenth Century
The invention of the mousetrap ... himself for form’s sake. It
is true that the three others had endeavored to knock the young man down with
chairs, stools, and crockery; but two or three scratches made by the G...
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CHAPTER 11
11. In Which The Plot Thickens
His visit to M. de Tréville being paid, ... tapped, at three equal intervals, with her bent finger.
“This is all very fine, dear Aramis,” murmured D’Artagnan.
“Ah, Monsieur Hypocrite, I understand how you study theology.”
The three ... means of commencing an acquaintance.”
Meantim...
... told you I had had that dream? I have imparted it to no one but
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 12
12. George Villiers, Duke Of Buckingham
Mme. Bonacieux and the duke entered ... a lost
ribbon, a stray look, or a chance word? It is now three years, madame, since I
saw you for the first time, and during those three years I have loved you thus.
Shall I te...
... every street by the milestones, the signs, and the lamps. At the
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 13
13. Monsieur Bonacieux
There was in all this, as may have been observed, ...
“By my faith, I ask no better,” cried Bonacieux; “I shall not be sorry to see the
face of an acquaintance.”
“Bring in the Monsieur d’Artagnan,” said the commissary to the guards. T...
... pistoles, and retired.
Here is what the letter contained:
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CHAPTER 14
14. The Man Of Meung
The crowd was caused, not by the expectation of ... the cardinal, the
officer retired.
“How long did the queen remain out of the chamber?”
Three- quarters of an hour.”
“None of her women accompanied her?”
“Only Donna Estafania....
... hundred, even, all the
company, and I would not allow a whisper.”
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CHAPTER 15
15. Men Of The Robe And Men Of The Sword
On the day after these events ... for Mme. de Chevreuse.
These two women gave him more uneasiness than the war with Spain, the
quarrel with England, or the embarrassment of the finances. In his eyes and to
his conv...
...
It is not known whether it was the devil who gave way, or the monks who grew
tired; but within three months the penitent reappeared in the world with the
reputation of being the most terrible ...
with him again in the course of our history, it may be well for our readers to be
made at once acquainted with him.
This chancellor was a pleasant man. He was Des Roches le Masle, canon of...