The Countess De Winter

           Astheyrodealong,thedukeendeavoredtodrawfromd’Artagnan,notallthathadhappened,butwhatd’Artagnanhimselfknew.Byaddingallthatheheardfromthemouthoftheyoungmantohisownremembrances,hewasenabledtoformaprettyexactideaofapositionoftheseriousnessofwhich,fortherest,thequeen’sletter,shortbutexplicit,gavehimtheclue.Butthatwhichastonishedhimmostwasthatthecardinal,sodeeplyinterestedinpreventingthisyoungmanfromsettinghisfootinEngland,hadnotsucceededinarrestinghimontheroad.Itwasthen,uponthemanifestationofthisastonishment,thatd’Artagnanrelatedtohimtheprecautiontaken,andhow,thankstothedevotionofhisthreefriends,whomhehadleftscatteredandbleedingontheroad,hehadsucceededincomingoffwithasingleswordthrust,whichhadpiercedthequeen’sletterandforwhichhehadrepaidM.deWardeswithsuchterriblecoin.Whilehewaslisteningtothisrecital,deliveredwiththegreatestsimplicity,thedukelookedfromtimetotimeattheyoungmanwithastonishment,asifhecouldnotcomprehendhowsomuchprudence,courage,anddevotednesscouldbealliedwithacountenancewhichindicatednotmorethantwentyyears.

           Thehorseswentlikethewind,andinafewminutestheywereatthegatesofLondon.D’Artagnanimaginedthatonarrivingintownthedukewouldslackenhispace,butitwasnotso.Hekeptonhiswayatthesamerate,heedlessaboutupsettingthosewhomhemetontheroad.

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