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The Countess De Winter

           ThetwofoundthemselvesinasmallchapelcoveredwithatapestryofPersiansilkworkedwithgold,andbrilliantlylightedwithavastnumberofcandles.Overaspeciesofaltar,andbeneathacanopyofbluevelvet,surmountedbywhiteandredplumes,wasafull-lengthportraitofAnneofAustria,soperfectinitsresemblancethatd’Artagnanutteredacryofsurpriseonbeholdingit.Onemightbelievethequeenwasabouttospeak.Onthealtar,andbeneaththeportrait,wasthecasketcontainingthediamondstuds.

           Thedukeapproachedthealtar,kneltasapriestmighthavedonebeforeacrucifix,andopenedthecasket."There,"saidhe,drawingfromthecasketalargebowofblueribbonallsparklingwithdiamonds,"therearethepreciousstudswhichIhavetakenanoathshouldbeburiedwithme.Thequeengavethemtome,thequeenrequiresthemagain.Herwillbedone,likethatofGod,inallthings."

           Then,hebegantokiss,oneaftertheother,thosedearstudswithwhichhewasabouttopart.Allatonceheutteredaterriblecry.

           "Whatisthematter?"exclaimedd’Artagnan,anxiously;"whathashappenedtoyou,myLord?"

           "Allislost!"criedBuckingham,becomingaspaleasacorpse;"twoofthestudsarewanting,thereareonlyten."

           "Canyouhavelostthem,myLord,ordoyouthinktheyhavebeenstolen?"

           "Theyhavebeenstolen,"repliedtheduke,"anditisthecardinalwhohasdealtthisblow.Hold;see!Theribbonswhichheldthemhavebeencutwithscissors."

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