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A Mousetrap in the Seventeenth Century

           Amomentafter,thosewho,surprisedbythistumult,hadgonetotheirwindowstolearnthecauseofit,sawthedooropen,andfourmen,clothedinblack,notCOMEoutofit,butFLY,likesomanyfrightenedcrows,leavingonthegroundandonthecornersofthefurniture,feathersfromtheirwings;thatistosay,patchesoftheirclothesandfragmentsoftheircloaks.

           D’Artagnanwasconquerorwithoutmucheffort,itmustbeconfessed,foronlyoneoftheofficerswasarmed,andevenhedefendedhimselfforform’ssake.Itistruethatthethreeothershadendeavoredtoknocktheyoungmandownwithchairs,stools,andcrockery;buttwoorthreescratchesmadebytheGascon’sbladeterrifiedthem.Tenminutessufficedfortheirdefeat,andd’Artagnanremainedmasterofthefieldofbattle.

           Theneighborswhohadopenedtheirwindows,withthecoolnesspeculiartotheinhabitantsofParisinthesetimesofperpetualriotsanddisturbances,closedthemagainassoonastheysawthefourmeninblackfleetheirinstincttellingthemthatforthetimeallwasover.Besides,itbegantogrowlate,andthen,astoday,peoplewenttobedearlyinthequarteroftheLuxembourg.

           OnbeingleftalonewithMme.Bonacieux,d’Artagnanturnedtowardher;thepoorwomanreclinedwhereshehadbeenleft,half-faintinguponanarmchair.D’Artagnanexaminedherwitharapidglance.

           Shewasacharmingwomanoftwenty-fiveortwenty-sixyears,withdarkhair,blueeyes,andanoseslightlyturnedup,admirableteeth,andacomplexionmarbledwithroseandopal.

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