Fatality

           MeantimeMilady,drunkwithpassion,roaringonthedecklikealionessthathasbeenembarked,hadbeentemptedtothrowherselfintotheseathatshemightregainthecoast,forshecouldnotgetridofthethoughtthatshehadbeeninsultedbyd’Artagnan,threatenedbyAthos,andthatshehadquitFrancewithoutbeingrevengedonthem.Thisideasoonbecamesoinsupportabletoherthatattheriskofwhateverterribleconsequencesmightresulttoherselffromit,sheimploredthecaptaintoputheronshore;butthecaptain,eagertoescapefromhisfalseposition—placedbetweenFrenchandEnglishcruisers,likethebatbetweenthemiceandthebirds—wasingreathastetoregainEngland,andpositivelyrefusedtoobeywhathetookforawoman’scaprice,promisinghispassenger,whohadbeenparticularlyrecommendedtohimbythecardinal,tolandher,iftheseaandtheFrenchpermittedhim,atoneoftheportsofBrittany,eitheratLorientorBrest.Butthewindwascontrary,theseabad;theytackedandkeptoffshore.NinedaysafterleavingtheCharente,palewithfatigueandvexation,MiladysawonlythebluecoastsofFinisterreappear.

           ShecalculatedthattocrossthiscornerofFranceandreturntothecardinalitwouldtakeheratleastthreedays.Addanotherdayforlanding,andthatwouldmakefour.Addthesefourtothenineothers,thatwouldbethirteendayslost—thirteendays,duringwhichsomanyimportanteventsmightpassinLondon.

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