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The Three Presents of D’artagnan the Elder

           IspeakofMonsieurdeTreville,whowasformerlymyneighbor,andwhohadthehonortobe,asachild,theplay-fellowofourking,LouisXIII,whomGodpreserve!Sometimestheirplaydegeneratedintobattles,andinthesebattlesthekingwasnotalwaysthestronger.TheblowswhichhereceivedincreasedgreatlyhisesteemandfriendshipforMonsieurdeTreville.Afterward,MonsieurdeTrevillefoughtwithothers:inhisfirstjourneytoParis,fivetimes;fromthedeathofthelatekingtilltheyoungonecameofage,withoutreckoningwarsandsieges,seventimes;andfromthatdateuptothepresentday,ahundredtimes,perhaps!Sothatinspiteofedicts,ordinances,anddecrees,thereheis,captainoftheMusketeers;thatistosay,chiefofalegionofCaesars,whomthekingholdsingreatesteemandwhomthecardinaldreadshewhodreadsnothing,asitissaid.Stillfurther,MonsieurdeTrevillegainstenthousandcrownsayear;heisthereforeagreatnoble.Hebeganasyoubegin.Gotohimwiththisletter,andmakehimyourmodelinorderthatyoumaydoashehasdone."

           UponwhichM.d’Artagnantheeldergirdedhisownswordroundhisson,kissedhimtenderlyonbothcheeks,andgavehimhisbenediction.

           Onleavingthepaternalchamber,theyoungmanfoundhismother,whowaswaitingforhimwiththefamousrecipeofwhichthecounselswehavejustrepeatedwouldnecessitatefrequentemployment.TheadieuxwereonthissidelongerandmoretenderthantheyhadbeenontheothernotthatM.d’Artagnandidnotlovehisson,whowashisonlyoffspring,butM.d’Artagnanwasaman,andhewouldhaveconsidereditunworthyofamantogivewaytohisfeelings;whereasMme.d’Artagnanwasawoman,andstillmore,amother.Sheweptabundantly;andletusspeakittothepraiseofM.d’Artagnantheyoungernotwithstandingtheeffortshemadetoremainfirm,asafutureMusketeerought,natureprevailed,andheshedmanytears,ofwhichhesucceededwithgreatdifficultyinconcealingthehalf.

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