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           "Ah,butyouarejoking,myworthyman!"saidd’Artagnan."Itappearstomethatifmybootsneedasponge,yourstockingsandshoesstandinequalneedofabrush.Mayyounothavebeenphilanderingalittlealso,MonsieurBonacieux?Oh,thedevil!That’sunpardonableinamanofyourage,andwhobesides,hassuchaprettywifeasyours."

           "Oh,Lord!no,"saidBonacieux,"butyesterdayIwenttoSt.Mandetomakesomeinquiriesafteraservant,asIcannotpossiblydowithoutone;andtheroadsweresobadthatIbroughtbackallthismud,whichIhavenotyethadtimetoremove."

           TheplacenamedbyBonacieuxasthatwhichhadbeentheobjectofhisjourneywasafreshproofinsupportofthesuspicionsd’Artagnanhadconceived.BonacieuxhadnamedMandebecauseMandewasinanexactlyoppositedirectionfromSt.Cloud.Thisprobabilityaffordedhimhisfirstconsolation.IfBonacieuxknewwherehiswifewas,onemight,byextrememeans,forcethemercertoopenhisteethandlethissecretescape.Thequestion,then,washowtochangethisprobabilityintoacertainty.

           "Pardon,mydearMonsieurBonacieux,ifIdon’tstanduponceremony,"saidd’Artagnan,"butnothingmakesonesothirstyaswantofsleep.Iamparchedwiththirst.Allowmetotakeaglassofwaterinyourapartment;youknowthatisneverrefusedamongneighbors."

           Withoutwaitingforthepermissionofhishost,d’Artagnanwentquicklyintothehouse,andcastarapidglanceatthebed.Ithadnotbeenused.Bonacieuxhadnotbeenabed.

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