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The Seige of La Rochelle

           Martinwithhisgarrison,andthrewahundredmenintoalittlefortcalledthefortofLaPree.

           Thiseventhadhastenedtheresolutionsofthecardinal;andtillthekingandhecouldtakethecommandofthesiegeofLaRochelle,whichwasdetermined,hehadsentMonsieurtodirectthefirstoperations,andhadorderedallthetroopshecoulddisposeoftomarchtowardthetheaterofwar.Itwasofthisdetachment,sentasavanguard,thatourfriendd’Artagnanformedapart.

           Theking,aswehavesaid,wastofollowassoonashisBedofJusticehadbeenheld;butonrisingfromhisBedofJusticeonthetwenty-eighthofJune,hefelthimselfattackedbyfever.Hewas,notwithstanding,anxioustosetout;buthisillnessbecomingmoreserious,hewasforcedtostopatVilleroy.

           Now,wheneverthekinghalted,theMusketeershalted.Itfollowedthatd’Artagnan,whowasasyetpurelyandsimplyintheGuards,foundhimself,forthetimeatleast,separatedfromhisgoodfriendsAthos,Porthos,andAramis.Thisseparation,whichwasnomorethananunpleasantcircumstance,wouldhavecertainlybecomeacauseofseriousuneasinessifhehadbeenabletoguessbywhatunknowndangershewassurrounded.

           He,however,arrivedwithoutaccidentinthecampestablishedbeforeLaRochelle,ofthetenthofthemonthofSeptemberoftheyear1627.

           Everythingwasinthesamestate.TheDukeofBuckinghamandhisEnglish,mastersoftheIsleofRe,continuedtobesiege,butwithoutsuccess,thecitadelSt.

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