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           deTreville,confidingtohimcandidlytheimportanceofhisdeparture,whenthenewswastransmittedtohimaswellastohisthreefriendsthatthekingwasabouttosetoutforPariswithanescortoftwentyMusketeers,andthattheyformedpartoftheescort.

           Theirjoywasgreat.Thelackeysweresentonbeforewiththebaggage,andtheysetoutonthemorningofthesixteenth.

           ThecardinalaccompaniedhisMajestyfromSurgerestoMauzes;andtherethekingandhisministertookleaveofeachotherwithgreatdemonstrationsoffriendship.

           Theking,however,whosoughtdistraction,whiletravelingasfastaspossibleforhewasanxioustobeinParisbythetwenty-thirdstoppedfromtimetotimetoflythemagpie,apastimeforwhichthetastehadbeenformerlyinspiredinhimbydeLuynes,andforwhichhehadalwayspreservedagreatpredilection.OutofthetwentyMusketeerssixteen,whenthistookplace,rejoicedgreatlyatthisrelaxation;buttheotherfourcurseditheartily.D’Artagnan,inparticular,hadaperpetualbuzzinginhisears,whichPorthosexplainedthus:"Averygreatladyhastoldmethatthismeansthatsomebodyistalkingofyousomewhere."

           AtlengththeescortpassedthroughParisonthetwenty-third,inthenight.ThekingthankedM.deTreville,andpermittedhimtodistributefurloughsforfourdays,onconditionthatthefavoredpartiesshouldnotappearinanypublicplace,underpenaltyoftheBastille.

           Thefirstfourfurloughsgranted,asmaybeimagined,weretoourfourfriends.Stillfurther,AthosobtainedofM.

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