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The Audience

           Ah,ifIknew!S’blood!MessieursMusketeers,Iwillnothavethishauntingofbadplaces,thisquarrelinginthestreets,thisswordplayatthecrossways;andaboveall,Iwillnothaveoccasiongivenforthecardinal’sGuards,whoarebrave,quiet,skillfulmenwhoneverputthemselvesinapositiontobearrested,andwho,besides,neverallowthemselvestobearrested,tolaughatyou!Iamsureofittheywouldpreferdyingonthespottobeingarrestedortakingbackastep.Tosaveyourselves,toscamperaway,tofleethatisgoodfortheking’sMusketeers!"

           PorthosandAramistrembledwithrage.TheycouldwillinglyhavestrangledM.deTreville,if,atthebottomofallthis,theyhadnotfeltitwasthegreatloveheborethemwhichmadehimspeakthus.Theystampeduponthecarpetwiththeirfeet;theybittheirlipstillthebloodcame,andgraspedthehiltsoftheirswordswithalltheirmight.Allwithouthadheard,aswehavesaid,Athos,Porthos,andAramiscalled,andhadguessed,fromM.deTreville’stoneofvoice,thathewasveryangryaboutsomething.Tencuriousheadsweregluedtothetapestryandbecamepalewithfury;fortheirears,closelyappliedtothedoor,didnotloseasyllableofwhathesaid,whiletheirmouthsrepeatedashewenton,theinsultingexpressionsofthecaptaintoallthepeopleintheantechamber.Inaninstant,fromthedoorofthecabinettothestreetgate,thewholehotelwasboiling.

           "Ah!Theking’sMusketeersarearrestedbytheGuardsofthecardinal,arethey?"continuedM.

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