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The Seige of La Rochelle

           Inexchangeforallthis,hehadacquiredtheprotectionandgoodwillofthequeen;butthefavorofthequeenwasatthepresenttimeanadditionalcauseofpersecution,andherprotection,asitwasknown,protectedbadlyaswitnessChalaisandMme.Bonacieux.

           Whathehadclearlygainedinallthiswasthediamond,worthfiveorsixthousandlivres,whichheworeonhisfinger;andeventhisdiamondsupposingthatd’Artagnan,inhisprojectsofambition,wishedtokeepit,tomakeitsomedayapledgeforthegratitudeofthequeenhadnotinthemeanwhile,sincehecouldnotpartwithit,morevaluethanthegravelhetrodunderhisfeet.

           Wesaythegravelhetrodunderhisfeet,ford’ArtagnanmadethesereflectionswhilewalkingsolitarilyalongaprettylittleroadwhichledfromthecamptothevillageofAngoutin.Now,thesereflectionshadledhimfurtherthanheintended,andthedaywasbeginningtodeclinewhen,bythelastrayofthesettingsun,hethoughthesawthebarrelofamusketglitterfrombehindahedge.

           D’Artagnanhadaquickeyeandapromptunderstanding.Hecomprehendedthatthemuskethadnotcomethereofitself,andthathewhoboreithadnotconcealedhimselfbehindahedgewithanyfriendlyintentions.Hedetermined,therefore,todirecthiscourseasclearfromitashecouldwhen,ontheoppositesideoftheroad,frombehindarock,heperceivedtheextremityofanothermusket.

           Thiswasevidentlyanambuscade.

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