D’artagnan Shows Himself

           AsAthosandPorthoshadforeseen,attheexpirationofahalfhour,d’Artagnanreturned.Hehadagainmissedhisman,whohaddisappearedasifbyenchantment.D’Artagnanhadrun,swordinhand,throughalltheneighboringstreets,buthadfoundnobodyresemblingthemanhesoughtfor.Thenhecamebacktothepointwhere,perhaps,heoughttohavebegun,andthatwastoknockatthedooragainstwhichthestrangerhadleaned;butthisproveduselessforthoughheknockedtenortwelvetimesinsuccession,nooneanswered,andsomeoftheneighbors,whoputtheirnosesoutoftheirwindowsorwerebroughttotheirdoorsbythenoise,hadassuredhimthatthathouse,alltheopeningsofwhichweretightlyclosed,hadnotbeeninhabitedforsixmonths.

           Whiled’Artagnanwasrunningthroughthestreetsandknockingatdoors,Aramishadjoinedhiscompanions;sothatonreturninghomed’Artagnanfoundthereunioncomplete.

           "Well!"criedthethreeMusketeersalltogether,onseeingd’Artagnanenterwithhisbrowcoveredwithperspirationandhiscountenanceupsetwithanger.

           "Well!"criedhe,throwinghissworduponthebed,"thismanmustbethedevilinperson;hehasdisappearedlikeaphantom,likeashade,likeaspecter."

           "Doyoubelieveinapparitions?"askedAthosofPorthos.

           "IneverbelieveinanythingIhavenotseen,andasIneverhaveseenapparitions,Idon’tbelieveinthem."

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