In which the Plot Thickens

           HisvisittoM.deTrevillebeingpaid,thepensived’Artagnantookthelongestwayhomeward.

           Onwhatwasd’Artagnanthinking,thathestrayedthusfromhispath,gazingatthestarsofheaven,andsometimessighing,sometimessmiling?

           HewasthinkingofMme.Bonacieux.ForanapprenticeMusketeertheyoungwomanwasalmostanidealoflove.Pretty,mysterious,initiatedinalmostallthesecretsofthecourt,whichreflectedsuchacharminggravityoverherpleasingfeatures,itmightbesurmisedthatshewasnotwhollyunmoved;andthisisanirresistiblecharmtonovicesinlove.Moreover,d’Artagnanhaddeliveredherfromthehandsofthedemonswhowishedtosearchandilltreather;andthisimportantservicehadestablishedbetweenthemoneofthosesentimentsofgratitudewhichsoeasilyassumeamoretendercharacter.

           D’Artagnanalreadyfanciedhimself,sorapidistheflightofourdreamsuponthewingsofimagination,accostedbyamessengerfromtheyoungwoman,whobroughthimsomebilletappointingameeting,agoldchain,oradiamond.Wehaveobservedthatyoungcavaliersreceivedpresentsfromtheirkingwithoutshame.Letusaddthatinthesetimesoflaxmoralitytheyhadnomoredelicacywithrespecttothemistresses;andthatthelatteralmostalwaysleftthemvaluableanddurableremembrances,asiftheyessayedtoconquerthefragilityoftheirsentimentsbythesolidityoftheirgifts.

           Withoutablush,menmadetheirwayintheworldbythemeansofwomenblushing.

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