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The Interior of “The Musketeers”

           Andnowthatweareacquainted,superficiallyatleast,withthemastersandthevalets,letuspassontothedwellingsoccupiedbyeachofthem.

           AthosdweltintheRueFerou,withintwostepsoftheLuxembourg.Hisapartmentconsistedoftwosmallchambers,verynicelyfittedup,inafurnishedhouse,thehostessofwhich,stillyoungandstillreallyhandsome,casttenderglancesuselesslyathim.Somefragmentsofpastsplendorappearedhereandthereuponthewallsofthismodestlodging;asword,forexample,richlyembossed,whichbelongedbyitsmaketothetimesofFrancisI,thehiltofwhichalone,encrustedwithpreciousstones,mightbeworthtwohundredpistoles,andwhich,nevertheless,inhismomentsofgreatestdistressAthoshadneverpledgedorofferedforsale.IthadlongbeenanobjectofambitionforPorthos.Porthoswouldhavegiventenyearsofhislifetopossessthissword.

           Oneday,whenhehadanappointmentwithaduchess,heendeavoredeventoborrowitofAthos.Athos,withoutsayinganything,emptiedhispockets,gottogetherallhisjewels,purses,aiguillettes,andgoldchains,andofferedthemalltoPorthos;butastothesword,hesaiditwassealedtoitsplaceandshouldneverquitituntilitsmastershouldhimselfquithislodgings.

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