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The Sign of the Red Dovecot

           Theseattemptsdidnotpreventthecardinal,towhomhismostinveteratedetractorshaveneverdeniedpersonalbravery,frommakingnocturnalexcursions,sometimestocommunicatetotheDucd’Angoulemeimportantorders,sometimestoconferwiththeking,andsometimestohaveaninterviewwithamessengerwhomhedidnotwishtoseeathome.

           OntheirparttheMusketeers,whohadnotmuchtodowiththesiege,werenotunderverystrictordersandledajoyouslife.Thewasthemoreeasyforourthreecompanionsinparticular;forbeingfriendsofM.deTreville,theyobtainedfromhimspecialpermissiontobeabsentaftertheclosingofthecamp.

           Now,oneeveningwhend’Artagnan,whowasinthetrenches,wasnotabletoaccompanythem,Athos,Porthos,andAramis,mountedontheirbattlesteeds,envelopedintheirwarcloaks,withtheirhandsupontheirpistolbutts,werereturningfromadrinkingplacecalledtheRedDovecot,whichAthoshaddiscoveredtwodaysbeforeupontheroutetoJarrie,followingtheroadwhichledtothecampandquiteontheirguard,aswehavestated,forfearofanambuscade,when,aboutaquarterofaleaguefromthevillageofBoisnau,theyfanciedtheyheardthesoundofhorsesapproachingthem.Theyimmediatelyallthreehalted,closedin,andwaited,occupyingthemiddleoftheroad.Inaninstant,andasthemoonbrokefrombehindacloud,theysawataturningoftheroadtwohorsemenwho,onperceivingthem,stoppedintheirturn,appearingtodeliberatewhethertheyshouldcontinuetheirrouteorgoback.

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