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Hunting for the Equipments

           D’Artagnan,withoutlosingsightoftheladyoftheredcushion,continuedtowatchtheproceedingsofPorthos,whichamusedhimgreatly.Heguessedthattheladyoftheblackhoodwastheprocurator’swifeoftheRueauxOurs,whichwasthemoreprobablefromthechurchofSt.Leubeingnotfarfromthatlocality.

           Heguessed,likewise,byinduction,thatPorthoswastakinghisrevengeforthedefeatofChantilly,whentheprocurator’swifehadprovedsorefractorywithrespecttoherpurse.

           Amidallthis,d’ArtagnanremarkedalsothatnotonecountenancerespondedtothegallantriesofPorthos.Therewereonlychimerasandillusions;butforreallove,fortruejealousy,isthereanyrealityexceptillusionsandchimeras?

           Thesermonover,theprocurator’swifeadvancedtowardtheholyfont.Porthoswentbeforeher,andinsteadofafinger,dippedhiswholehandin.Theprocurator’swifesmiled,thinkingthatitwasforherPorthoshadputhimselftothistrouble;butshewascruellyandpromptlyundeceived.Whenshewasonlyaboutthreestepsfromhim,heturnedhisheadround,fixinghiseyessteadfastlyupontheladywiththeredcushion,whohadrisenandwasapproaching,followedbyherblackboyandherwoman.

           WhentheladyoftheredcushioncameclosetoPorthos,Porthosdrewhisdrippinghandfromthefont.ThefairworshippertouchedthegreathandofPorthoswithherdelicatefingers,smiled,madethesignofthecross,andleftthechurch.

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