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           "Well!nowshallItellyousomething?"addedAthos,coolly.

           "What?"repliedtheEnglishman.

           "Why,thatisthatyouwouldhaveactedmuchmorewiselyifyouhadnotrequiredmetomakemyselfknown."

           "Whyso?"

           "BecauseIambelievedtobedead,andhavereasonsforwishingnobodytoknowIamliving;sothatIshallbeobligedtokillyoutopreventmysecretfromroamingoverthefields."

           TheEnglishmanlookedatAthos,believingthathejested,butAthosdidnotjesttheleastintheworld.

           "Gentlemen,"saidAthos,addressingatthesametimehiscompanionsandtheiradversaries,"areweready?"

           "Yes!"answeredtheEnglishmenandtheFrenchmen,aswithonevoice.

           "Onguard,then!"criedAthos.

           Immediatelyeightswordsglitteredintheraysofthesettingsun,andthecombatbeganwithananimosityverynaturalbetweenmentwiceenemies.

           Athosfencedwithasmuchcalmnessandmethodasifhehadbeenpracticinginafencingschool.

           Porthos,abated,nodoubt,ofhistoo-greatconfidencebyhisadventureofChantilly,playedwithskillandprudence.Aramis,whohadthethirdcantoofhispoemtofinish,behavedlikeamaninhaste.

           Athoskilledhisadversaryfirst.Hehithimbutonce,butashehadforetold,thathitwasamortalone;theswordpiercedhisheart.

           Second,Porthosstretchedhisuponthegrasswithawoundthroughhisthigh,AstheEnglishman,withoutmakinganyfurtherresistance,thensurrenderedhissword,Porthostookhimupinhisarmsandborehimtohiscarriage.

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