A Mousetrap in the Seventeenth Century

           Theinventionofthemousetrapdoesnotdatefromourdays;assoonassocieties,informing,hadinventedanykindofpolice,thatpoliceinventedmousetraps.

           AsperhapsourreadersarenotfamiliarwiththeslangoftheRuedeJerusalem,andasitisfifteenyearssinceweappliedthiswordforthefirsttimetothisthing,allowustoexplaintothemwhatisamousetrap.

           Wheninahouse,ofwhateverkinditmaybe,anindividualsuspectedofanycrimeisarrested,thearrestisheldsecret.Fourorfivemenareplacedinambuscadeinthefirstroom.Thedoorisopenedtoallwhoknock.Itisclosedafterthem,andtheyarearrested;sothatattheendoftwoorthreedaystheyhaveintheirpoweralmostalltheHABITUESoftheestablishment.Andthatisamousetrap.

           TheapartmentofM.Bonacieux,then,becameamousetrap;andwhoeverappearedtherewastakenandinterrogatedbythecardinal’speople.Itmustbeobservedthatasaseparatepassageledtothefirstfloor,inwhichd’Artagnanlodged,thosewhocalledonhimwereexemptedfromthisdetention.

           Besides,nobodycamethitherbutthethreeMusketeers;theyhadallbeenengagedinearnestsearchandinquiries,buthaddiscoverednothing.AthoshadevengonesofarastoquestionM.deTrevilleathingwhich,consideringthehabitualreticenceoftheworthyMusketeer,hadverymuchastonishedhiscaptain.ButM.

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