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           Thewomanwhowasoutsidethewindowturnedround,andpassedwithinfourstepsofd’Artagnan,pullingdownthehoodofhermantle;buttheprecautionwastoolate,d’ArtagnanhadalreadyrecognizedMme.Bonacieux.

           Mme.Bonacieux!Thesuspicionthatitwasshehadcrossedthemindofd’Artagnanwhenshedrewthehandkerchieffromherpocket;butwhatprobabilitywastherethatMme.Bonacieux,whohadsentforM.LaporteinordertobereconductedtotheLouvre,shouldberunningaboutthestreetsofParisathalfpastelevenatnight,attheriskofbeingabductedasecondtime?

           Thismustbe,then,anaffairofimportance;andwhatisthemostimportantaffairtoawomanoftwenty-five!Love.

           Butwasitonherownaccount,oronaccountofanother,thatsheexposedherselftosuchhazards?Thiswasaquestiontheyoungmanaskedhimself,whomthedemonofjealousyalreadygnawed,beinginheartneithermorenorlessthananacceptedlover.

           TherewasaverysimplemeansofsatisfyinghimselfwhitherMme.Bonacieuxwasgoing;thatwastofollowher.Thismethodwassosimplethatd’Artagnanemployeditquitenaturallyandinstinctively.

           Butatthesightoftheyoungman,whodetachedhimselffromthewalllikeastatuewalkingfromitsniche,andatthenoiseofthestepswhichsheheardresoundbehindher,Mme.Bonacieuxutteredalittlecryandfled.

           D’Artagnanranafterher.Itwasnotdifficultforhimtoovertakeawomanembarrassedwithhercloak.Hecameupwithherbeforeshehadtraversedathirdofthestreet.

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