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The Three Presents of D’artagnan the Elder

           Givinghimtounderstandthatthepolicewoulddealwithhimprettyseverelyforhavingsoughtaquarrelwithagreatlordfortheopinionofthehostthestrangercouldbenothinglessthanagreatlordheinsistedthatnotwithstandinghisweaknessd’Artagnanshouldgetupanddepartasquicklyaspossible.D’Artagnan,halfstupefied,withouthisdoublet,andwithhisheadboundupinalinencloth,arosethen,andurgedbythehost,begantodescendthestairs;butonarrivingatthekitchen,thefirstthinghesawwashisantagonisttalkingcalmlyatthestepofaheavycarriage,drawnbytwolargeNormanhorses.

           Hisinterlocutor,whoseheadappearedthroughthecarriagewindow,wasawomanoffromtwentytotwo-and-twentyyears.Wehavealreadyobservedwithwhatrapidityd’Artagnanseizedtheexpressionofacountenance.Heperceivedthen,ataglance,thatthiswomanwasyoungandbeautiful;andherstyleofbeautystruckhimmoreforciblyfromitsbeingtotallydifferentfromthatofthesoutherncountriesinwhichd’Artagnanhadhithertoresided.Shewaspaleandfair,withlongcurlsfallinginprofusionoverhershoulders,hadlarge,blue,languishingeyes,rosylips,andhandsofalabaster.Shewastalkingwithgreatanimationwiththestranger.

           "HisEminence,then,ordersme"saidthelady.

           "ToreturninstantlytoEngland,andtoinformhimassoonasthedukeleavesLondon."

           "Andastomyotherinstructions?"askedthefairtraveler.

           "Theyarecontainedinthisbox,whichyouwillnotopenuntilyouareontheothersideoftheChannel."

           "Verywell;andyouwhatwillyoudo?"

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