Hunting for the Equipments

           Themostpreoccupiedofthefourfriendswascertainlyd’Artagnan,althoughhe,inhisqualityofGuardsman,wouldbemuchmoreeasilyequippedthanMessieurstheMusketeers,whowereallofhighrank;butourGasconcadetwas,asmayhavebeenobserved,ofaprovidentandalmostavariciouscharacter,andwiththat(explainthecontradiction)sovainasalmosttorivalPorthos.Tothispreoccupationofhisvanity,d’Artagnanatthismomentjoinedanuneasinessmuchlessselfish.NotwithstandingallhisinquiriesrespectingMme.Bonacieux,hecouldobtainnointelligenceofher.M.deTrevillehadspokenofhertothequeen.Thequeenwasignorantwherethemercer’syoungwifewas,buthadpromisedtohavehersoughtfor;butthispromisewasveryvagueanddidnotatallreassured’Artagnan.

           Athosdidnotleavehischamber;hemadeuphismindnottotakeasinglesteptoequiphimself.

           "Wehavestillfifteendaysbeforeus,"saidhetohisfriends,"well,ifattheendofafortnightIhavefoundnothing,orratherifnothinghascometofindme,asI,toogoodaCatholictokillmyselfwithapistolbullet,IwillseekagoodquarrelwithfourofhisEminence’sGuardsorwitheightEnglishmen,andIwillfightuntiloneofthemhaskilledme,which,consideringthenumber,cannotfailtohappen.ItwillthenbesaidofmethatIdiedfortheking;sothatIshallhaveperformedmydutywithouttheexpenseofanoutfit."

           Porthoscontinuedtowalkaboutwithhishandsbehindhim,tossinghisheadandrepeating,"Ishallfollowuponmyidea."

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