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A Mousetrap in the Seventeenth Century

           deTrevilleknewnothing,exceptthatthelasttimehehadseenthecardinal,theking,andthequeen,thecardinallookedverythoughtful,thekinguneasy,andtherednessofthequeen’seyesdonatedthatshehadbeensleeplessortearful.Butthislastcircumstancewasnotstriking,asthequeensincehermarriagehadsleptbadlyandweptmuch.

           M.deTrevillerequestedAthos,whatevermighthappen,tobeobservantofhisdutytotheking,butparticularlytothequeen,begginghimtoconveyhisdesirestohiscomrades.

           Astod’Artagnan,hedidnotbudgefromhisapartment.Heconvertedhischamberintoanobservatory.Fromhiswindowshesawallthevisitorswhowerecaught.Then,havingremovedaplankfromhisfloor,andnothingremainingbutasimpleceilingbetweenhimandtheroombeneath,inwhichtheinterrogatoriesweremade,heheardallthatpassedbetweentheinquisitorsandtheaccused.

           Theinterrogatories,precededbyaminutesearchoperateduponthepersonsarrested,werealmostalwaysframedthus:"HasMadameBonacieuxsentanythingtoyouforherhusband,oranyotherperson?HasMonsieurBonacieuxsentanythingtoyouforhiswife,orforanyotherperson?Haseitherofthemconfidedanythingtoyoubywordofmouth?"

           "Iftheyknewanything,theywouldnotquestionpeopleinthismanner,"saidd’Artagnantohimself."Now,whatisittheywanttoknow?Why,theywanttoknowiftheDukeofBuckinghamisinParis,andifhehashad,orislikelytohave,aninterviewwiththequeen."

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