... hope so,” said Athos.
“Would you kill yourself?”
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CHAPTER 56
The Old Age of Athos
While all these affairs were separating forever the four musketeers, ... freshness of mind in spite of
misfortune, his mild serenity of soul and body in spite of Milady, in spite of
Mazarin, in spite of...
... philosophy which is the religion of the captive.
“So much, then, for the flowers, the air, the daylight, and the stars,” tranquilly
continued the young man; “there remains freedom of movement. Do ... the dying sound of their footsteps that
they had left the tower, he put the lantern on the table and gazed around. On a
bed of green serge, similar in all...
...
“Yes, Monsieur,” said Mouston.
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CHAPTER 2
How Mouston Had Become Fatter Without Giving Porthos Notice Thereof, and
of the Troubles Which Consequently ... Gentleman
After the departure of Athos for Blois, Porthos and d’Artagnan were seldom
together. One was occupied with harassing duties for the King; the other had...
... promising to him, for he
immediately rose and led the way into the adjoining chamber.
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 3
Who Messire Jean Percerin Was
The King’s tailor, ... without themselves knowing why. The
great Percerin (for, contrary to the rule of dynasties, it was, above all, the last of
the Percerins who deserved the nam...
...
threading a labyrinth of corridors, introduced him to M. Percerin’s room. The
old man, with his sleeves turned up, was gathering up in folds a piece of gold-
flowered brocade, so as the better ... him in an undertone, “You see before you, my dear
Monsieur, a man who considers himself disgraced if you measure the flesh and
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ALEXANDRE...
... this: instead of pulling me to pieces, as all these rascals do, making me
bend in my back, and double my joints,- all of them low and dishonorable
practices-” D’Artagnan made a sign of approbation ... it
off,’ I answered. ‘Well, no,’ he replied. ‘How “no”?’ ‘I say that the dress should
be so well made that it can in no way encumber you, even in drawing your
THE MAN...
... Fontaine!” he added.
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 6
The Beehive, the Bees, and the Honey
The Bishop of Vannes, much annoyed at having met d’Artagnan at M.
Percerin’s, ... sketch into a picture, arrived in the merriest of moods. All the first story of
the left wing was occupied by the most celebrated Epicureans in Paris, an...
... added the bishop, smiling, but with command in his
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CHAPTER 7
Another Supper at the Bastille
Seven o’clock sounded from the great clock of the Bastille,- ... most of the
clocks of the period, represented Saint Peter in bonds.
It was the supper hour of the unfortunate captives. The doors, grating...
... severe than the others announced to them that they had cleared the last
watercourse. Behind the carriage closed the last gate,- that in the Rue St.
Antoine. No more walls either on the right ... going
to release Marchiali?” he said. “What mellow and fragrant sherry this is, my
dear governor!”
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS
CHAPTER 8
The Ge...
... for
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CHAPTER 9
The Tempter
”Ay Prince,” said Aramis, turning in the carriage towards his companion, “weak
creature as I am, so unpretending in ... rafts of poplars and alders, the flooring formed of reeds, and the
roof woven out of thick rushes. These barks, these floating houses, are wafted to
and fro by...