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The Three Presents of D’artagnan the Elder

           highcheekbones,asignofsagacity;themaxillarymusclesenormouslydeveloped,aninfalliblesignbywhichaGasconmayalwaysbedetected,evenwithouthiscap—andouryoungmanworeacapsetoffwithasortoffeather;theeyeopenandintelligent;thenosehooked,butfinelychiseled.Toobigforayouth,toosmallforagrownman,anexperiencedeyemighthavetakenhimforafarmer’ssonuponajourneyhaditnotbeenforthelongswordwhich,danglingfromaleatherbaldric,hitagainstthecalvesofitsownerashewalked,andagainsttheroughsideofhissteedwhenhewasonhorseback.

           Forouryoungmanhadasteedwhichwastheobservedofallobservers.ItwasaBearnpony,fromtwelvetofourteenyearsold,yellowinhishide,withoutahairinhistail,butnotwithoutwindgallsonhislegs,which,thoughgoingwithhisheadlowerthanhisknees,renderingamartingalequiteunnecessary,contrivedneverthelesstoperformhiseightleaguesaday.Unfortunately,thequalitiesofthishorseweresowellconcealedunderhisstrange-coloredhideandhisunaccountablegait,thatatatimewheneverybodywasaconnoisseurinhorseflesh,theappearanceoftheaforesaidponyatMeung—whichplacehehadenteredaboutaquarterofanhourbefore,bythegateofBeaugency—producedanunfavorablefeeling,whichextendedtohisrider.

           Andthisfeelinghadbeenmorepainfullyperceivedbyyoungd’Artagnan—forsowastheDonQuixoteofthissecondRosinantenamed—fromhisnotbeingabletoconcealfromhimselftheridiculousappearancethatsuchasteedgavehim,goodhorsemanashewas.Hehadsigheddeeply,therefore,whenacceptingthegiftoftheponyfromM.d’Artagnantheelder.Hewasnotignorantthatsuchabeastwasworthatleasttwentylivres;andthewordswhichhadaccompaniedthepresentwereaboveallprice.

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