Plan of Campaign

           D’ArtagnanwentstraighttoM.deTreville’s.Hehadreflectedthatinafewminutesthecardinalwouldbewarnedbythiscursedstranger,whoappearedtobehisagent,andhejudged,withreason,hehadnotamomenttolose.

           Theheartoftheyoungmanoverflowedwithjoy.Anopportunitypresenteditselftohiminwhichtherewouldbeatthesametimeglorytobeacquired,andmoneytobegained;andasafarhigherencouragement,itbroughthimintocloseintimacywithawomanheadored.Thischancedid,then,forhimatoncemorethanhewouldhavedaredtoaskofProvidence.

           M.deTrevillewasinhissaloonwithhishabitualcourtofgentlemen.D’Artagnan,whowasknownasafamiliarofthehouse,wentstraighttohisoffice,andsentwordthathewishedtoseehimonsomethingofimportance.

           D’ArtagnanhadbeentherescarcelyfiveminuteswhenM.deTrevilleentered.Atthefirstglance,andbythejoywhichwaspaintedonhiscountenance,theworthycaptainplainlyperceivedthatsomethingnewwasonfoot.

           Allthewayalongd’ArtagnanhadbeenconsultingwithhimselfwhetherheshouldplaceconfidenceinM.deTreville,orwhetherheshouldonlyaskhimtogivehimCARTEBLANCHEforsomesecretaffair.ButM.deTrevillehadalwaysbeensothoroughlyhisfriend,hadalwaysbeensodevotedtothekingandqueen,andhatedthecardinalsocordially,thattheyoungmanresolvedtotellhimeverything.

           "Didyouaskforme,mygoodfriend?"saidM.deTreville.

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