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In which the Plot Thickens

           Suchaswereonlybeautifulgavetheirbeauty,whence,withoutdoubt,comestheproverb,"Themostbeautifulgirlintheworldcanonlygivewhatshehas."Suchaswererichgaveinadditionapartoftheirmoney;andavastnumberofheroesofthatgallantperiodmaybecitedwhowouldneitherhavewontheirspursinthefirstplace,northeirbattlesafterward,withoutthepurse,moreorlessfurnished,whichtheirmistressfastenedtothesaddlebow.

           D’Artagnanownednothing.Provincialdiffidence,thatslightvarnish,theephemeralflower,thatdownofthepeach,hadevaporatedtothewindsthroughthelittleorthodoxcounselswhichthethreeMusketeersgavetheirfriend.D’Artagnan,followingthestrangecustomofthetimes,consideredhimselfatParisasonacampaign,neithermorenorlessthanifhehadbeeninFlandersSpainyonder,womanhere.Ineachtherewasanenemytocontendwith,andcontributionstobelevied.

           But,wemustsay,atthepresentmomentd’Artagnanwasruledbyafeelingmuchmorenobleanddisinterested.Themercerhadsaidthathewasrich;theyoungmanmighteasilyguessthatwithsoweakamanasM.Bonacieux;andinterestwasalmostforeigntothiscommencementoflove,whichhadbeentheconsequenceofit.WesayALMOST,fortheideathatayoung,handsome,kind,andwittywomanisatthesametimerichtakesnothingfromthebeginningoflove,butonthecontrarystrengthensit.

           Thereareinaffluenceacrowdofaristocraticcaresandcapriceswhicharehighlybecomingtobeauty.

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