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The Seige of La Rochelle

           MartinandthefortofLaPree;andhostilitieswithLaRochellehadcommenced,twoorthreedaysbefore,aboutafortwhichtheDucd’Angoulemehadcausedtobeconstructednearthecity.

           TheGuards,underthecommandofM.Dessessart,tookuptheirquartersattheMinimes;but,asweknow,d’Artagnan,possessedwithambitiontoentertheMusketeers,hadformedbutfewfriendshipsamonghiscomrades,andhefelthimselfisolatedandgivenuptohisownreflections.

           Hisreflectionswerenotverycheerful.FromthetimeofhisarrivalinParis,hehadbeenmixedupwithpublicaffairs;buthisownprivateaffairshadmadenogreatprogress,eitherinloveorfortune.Astolove,theonlywomanhecouldhavelovedwasMme.Bonacieux;andMme.Bonacieuxhaddisappeared,withouthisbeingabletodiscoverwhathadbecomeofher.Astofortune,hehadmadehe,humbleashewasanenemyofthecardinal;thatistosay,ofamanbeforewhomtrembledthegreatestmenofthekingdom,beginningwiththeking.

           Thatmanhadthepowertocrushhim,andyethehadnotdoneso.Foramindsoperspicuousasthatofd’Artagnan,thisindulgencewasalightbywhichhecaughtaglimpseofabetterfuture.

           Thenhehadmadehimselfanotherenemy,lesstobefeared,hethought;butnevertheless,heinstinctivelyfelt,nottobedespised.ThisenemywasMilady.

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