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The Antechamber of M. De Treville

           Thatgreatmanwhowassoreveredbyd’ArtagnantheelderservedasanobjectofridiculetotheMusketeersofTreville,whocrackedtheirjokesuponhisbandylegsandhiscrookedback.SomesangballadsaboutMme.d’Aguillon,hismistress,andMme.Cambalet,hisniece;whileothersformedpartiesandplanstoannoythepagesandguardsofthecardinaldukeallthingswhichappearedtod’Artagnanmonstrousimpossibilities.

           Nevertheless,whenthenameofthekingwasnowandthenutteredunthinkinglyamidallthesecardinaljests,asortofgagseemedtocloseforamomentonallthesejeeringmouths.Theylookedhesitatinglyaroundthem,andappearedtodoubtthethicknessofthepartitionbetweenthemandtheofficeofM.deTreville;butafreshallusionsoonbroughtbacktheconversationtohisEminence,andthenthelaughterrecovereditsloudnessandthelightwasnotwithheldfromanyofhisactions.

           "Certes,thesefellowswillalleitherbeimprisonedorhanged,"thoughttheterrifiedd’Artagnan,"andI,nodoubt,withthem;forfromthemomentIhaveeitherlistenedtoorheardthem,Ishallbeheldasanaccomplice.Whatwouldmygoodfathersay,whosostronglypointedouttometherespectduetothecardinal,ifheknewIwasinthesocietyofsuchpagans?"

           Wehavenoneed,therefore,tosaythatd’Artagnandarednotjoinintheconversation,onlyhelookedwithallhiseyesandlistenedwithallhisears,stretchinghisfivesensessoastolosenothing;anddespitehisconfidenceonthepaternaladmonitions,hefelthimselfcarriedbyhistastesandledbyhisinstinctstopraiseratherthantoblametheunheard-ofthingswhichweretakingplace.

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