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Aramis and His Thesis

           Externalexistencethenresemblesasleepofwhichthisthoughtisthedream.Byitsinfluence,timehasnolongermeasure,spacehasnolongerdistance.Wedepartfromoneplace,andarriveatanother,thatisall.Oftheintervalpassed,nothingremainsinthememorybutavaguemistinwhichathousandconfusedimagesoftrees,mountains,andlandscapesarelost.Itwasasapreytothishallucinationthatd’Artagnantraveled,atwhateverpacehishorsepleased,thesixoreightleaguesthatseparatedChantillyfromCrevecoeur,withouthisbeingabletorememberonhisarrivalinthevillageanyofthethingshehadpassedormetwithontheroad.

           Thereonlyhismemoryreturnedtohim.Heshookhishead,perceivedthecabaretatwhichhehadleftAramis,andputtinghishorsetothetrot,heshortlypulledupatthedoor.

           Thistimeitwasnotahostbutahostesswhoreceivedhim.d’Artagnanwasaphysiognomist.Hiseyetookinataglancetheplump,cheerfulcountenanceofthemistressoftheplace,andheatonceperceivedtherewasnooccasionfordissemblingwithher,oroffearinganythingfromoneblessedwithsuchajoyousphysiognomy.

           "Mygooddame,"askedd’Artagnan,"canyoutellmewhathasbecomeofoneofmyfriends,whomwewereobligedtoleavehereaboutadozendaysago?"

           "Ahandsomeyoungman,three-orfour-and-twentyyearsold,mild,amiable,andwellmade?"

           "Thatishewoundedintheshoulder."

           "Justso.Well,monsieur,heisstillhere."

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