A Drop of Water

Scarcely had Rochefort left, before Madame Bonancieux returned. She found her ladyship with a smiling countenance. ‘Well,’ said the young woman, ‘what you feared has happened. This evening, or to-morrow, the cardinal will send for you.’ ‘How do you know that?’ asked her ladyship. ‘I...

The Fifth Day of Imprisonment

Her ladyship had, however, achieved a half triumph, and the success she had obtained renewed her strength. There was no difficulty in vanquishing, as she had hitherto done, men ready to be led astray, whom the education of a gallant court swiftly drew into her...

A Conjugal Scene

As Athos had foreseen, the cardinal was not long before he descended. He opened the door of the room in which he had left the three musketeers, and found Porthos and Aramis engaged in a most earnest game of dice. With a rapid glance, he...

The Utility of Stove Funnels

It was evident, that, unconsciously, and moved solely by their chivalrous and adventurous character, our three friends had rendered a service to some one whom the cardinal honoured with his own especial protection. But, who was that some one? This was the question which our...

A Terrible Vision

Richelieu rested his elbow on his manuscript, and his cheek on his hand, and looked at d’Artagnan for an instant. No one had an eye more profoundly penetrating than the cardinal; and the young man felt this gaze running through his veins like a...

How, without disturbing himself, Athos obtained his Equipment

D’Artagnan was so completely confounded, that, without considering what would become of Kitty, he ran through half of Paris, and did not stop till he found himself at Athos’s door. The confusion of his mind, the terror which spurred him on, the shouts...

Concerning the Equipments of Aramis and Porthos

Whilst the four friends were all engaged in looking out for their equipment, there had no longer been any regular meetings between them. They dined, without one another, wherever they chanced to be; and assembled when they could. Duty also, on its side, occupied...

An Attorney’s Dinner

The duel, in which Porthos had played such a brilliant part, had not made him forget the dinner to which the attorney’s wife had invited him. The next day, therefore, at about one o’clock, having received the last polish from Mousqueton’s brush, he proceeded...

Civilians and Soldiers

On the day after these events had happened, as Athos had not returned to them, d’Artagnan and Porthos informed M. de Treville of his disappearance. As for Aramis, he had requested leave of absence for five days, and it was said that he was at...

D’Artagnan Begins to Show Himself

As Athos and Porthos had anticipated, d’Artagnan returned in half an hour. He had again missed his man, who had disappeared as if by enchantment. The young Gascon had run through all the neighbouring streets, sword in hand, but found no one resembling him. Whilst...