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Concerning a Court Intrigue

           Infact,fourmensuchastheywerefourmendevotedtooneanother,fromtheirpursestotheirlives;fourmenalwayssupportingoneanother,neveryielding,executingsinglyortogethertheresolutionsformedincommon;fourarmsthreateningthefourcardinalpoints,orturningtowardasinglepointmustinevitably,eithersubterraneously,inopenday,bymining,inthetrench,bycunning,orbyforce,openthemselvesawaytowardtheobjecttheywishedtoattain,howeverwellitmightbedefended,orhoweverdistantitmayseem.Theonlythingthatastonishedd’Artagnanwasthathisfriendshadneverthoughtofthis.

           Hewasthinkingbyhimself,andevenseriouslyrackinghisbraintofindadirectionforthissingleforcefourtimesmultiplied,withwhichhedidnotdoubt,aswiththeleverforwhichArchimedessought,theyshouldsucceedinmovingtheworld,whensomeonetappedgentlyathisdoor.D’ArtagnanawakenedPlanchetandorderedhimtoopenit.

           Fromthisphrase,"d’ArtagnanawakenedPlanchet,"thereadermustnotsupposeitwasnight,orthatdaywashardlycome.No,ithadjuststruckfour.Planchet,twohoursbefore,hadaskedhismasterforsomedinner,andhehadansweredhimwiththeproverb,"Hewhosleeps,dines."AndPlanchetdinedbysleeping.

           Amanwasintroducedofsimplemien,whohadtheappearanceofatradesman.Planchet,bywayofdessert,wouldhavelikedtoheartheconversation;butthecitizendeclaredtod’Artagnanthatwhathehadtosaybeingimportantandconfidential,hedesiredtobeleftalonewithhim.

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