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Concerning a Court Intrigue

           D’ArtagnandismissedPlanchet,andrequestedhisvisitortobeseated.Therewasamomentofsilence,duringwhichthetwomenlookedateachother,asiftomakeapreliminaryacquaintance,afterwhichd’Artagnanbowed,asasignthathelistened.

           "IhaveheardMonsieurd’Artagnanspokenofasaverybraveyoungman,"saidthecitizen;"andthisreputationwhichhejustlyenjoyshaddecidedmetoconfideasecrettohim."

           "Speak,monsieur,speak,"saidd’Artagnan,whoinstinctivelyscentedsomethingadvantageous.

           Thecitizenmadeafreshpauseandcontinued,"Ihaveawifewhoisseamstresstothequeen,monsieur,andwhoisnotdeficientineithervirtueorbeauty.Iwasinducedtomarryheraboutthreeyearsago,althoughshehadbutverylittledowry,becauseMonsieurLaporte,thequeen’scloakbearer,ishergodfather,andbefriendsher."

           "Well,monsieur?"askedd’Artagnan.

           "Well!"resumedthecitizen,"well,monsieur,mywifewasabductedyesterdaymorning,asshewascomingoutofherworkroom."

           "Andbywhomwasyourwifeabducted?"

           "Iknownothingsurely,monsieur,butIsuspectsomeone."

           "Andwhoisthepersonwhomyoususpect?"

           "Amanwhohaspursuedheralongtime."

           "Thedevil!"

           "Butallowmetotellyou,monsieur,"continuedthecitizen,"thatIamconvincedthatthereislesslovethanpoliticsinallthis."

           "Lesslovethanpolitics,"repliedd’Artagnan,withareflectiveair;"andwhatdoyoususpect?"

           "IdonotknowwhetherIoughttotellyouwhatIsuspect."

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