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The Three Presents of D’artagnan the Elder

           Butatthesamemoment,histwoauditors,accompaniedbythehost,fellupond’Artagnanwithsticks,shovelsandtongs.Thiscausedsorapidandcompleteadiversionfromtheattackthatd’Artagnan’sadversary,whilethelatterturnedroundtofacethisshowerofblows,sheathedhisswordwiththesameprecision,andinsteadofanactor,whichhehadnearlybeen,becameaspectatorofthefightapartinwhichheacquittedhimselfwithhisusualimpassiveness,muttering,nevertheless,"AplagueupontheseGascons!Replacehimonhisorangehorse,andlethimbegone!"

           "NotbeforeIhavekilledyou,poltroon!"criedd’Artagnan,makingthebestfacepossible,andneverretreatingonestepbeforehisthreeassailants,whocontinuedtoshowerblowsuponhim.

           "Anothergasconade!"murmuredthegentleman."Bymyhonor,theseGasconsareincorrigible!Keepupthedance,then,sincehewillhaveitso.Whenheistired,hewillperhapstellusthathehashadenoughofit."

           Butthestrangerknewnottheheadstrongpersonagehehadtodowith;d’Artagnanwasnotthemanevertocryforquarter.Thefightwasthereforeprolongedforsomeseconds;butatlengthd’Artagnandroppedhissword,whichwasbrokenintwopiecesbytheblowofastick.Anotherblowfulluponhisforeheadatthesamemomentbroughthimtotheground,coveredwithbloodandalmostfainting.

           Itwasatthismomentthatpeoplecameflockingtothesceneofactionfromallsides.Thehost,fearfulofconsequences,withthehelpofhisservantscarriedthewoundedmanintothekitchen,wheresometriflingattentionswerebestoweduponhim.

           Astothegentleman,heresumedhisplaceatthewindow,andsurveyedthecrowdwithacertainimpatience,evidentlyannoyedbytheirremainingundispersed.

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