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The Antechamber of M. De Treville

           Eachboastedthebearingandthecourageofhisownpeople.Whileexclaimingloudlyagainstduelsandbrawls,theyexcitedthemsecretlytoquarrel,derivinganimmoderatesatisfactionorgenuineregretfromthesuccessordefeatoftheirowncombatants.Welearnthisfromthememoirsofamanwhowasconcernedinsomefewofthesedefeatsandinmanyofthesevictories.

           Trevillehadgraspedtheweaksideofhismaster;anditwastothisaddressthatheowedthelongandconstantfavorofakingwhohasnotleftthereputationbehindhimofbeingveryfaithfulinhisfriendships.HeparadedhisMusketeersbeforetheCardinalArmandDuplessiswithaninsolentairwhichmadethegraymoustacheofhisEminencecurlwithire.Trevilleunderstoodadmirablythewarmethodofthatperiod,inwhichhewhocouldnotliveattheexpenseoftheenemymustliveattheexpenseofhiscompatriots.Hissoldiersformedalegionofdevil-may-carefellows,perfectlyundisciplinedtowardallbuthimself.

           Loose,half-drunk,imposing,theking’sMusketeers,orratherM.deTreville’s,spreadthemselvesaboutinthecabarets,inthepublicwalks,andthepublicsports,shouting,twistingtheirmustaches,clankingtheirswords,andtakinggreatpleasureinannoyingtheGuardsofthecardinalwhenevertheycouldfallinwiththem;thendrawingintheopenstreets,asifitwerethebestofallpossiblesports;sometimeskilled,butsureinthatcasetobebothweptandavenged;oftenkillingothers,butthencertainofnotrottinginprison,M.deTrevillebeingtheretoclaimthem.ThusM.deTrevillewaspraisedtothehighestnotebythesemen,whoadoredhim,andwho,ruffiansastheywere,trembledbeforehimlikescholarsbeforetheirmaster,obedienttohisleastword,andreadytosacrificethemselvestowashoutthesmallestinsult.

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