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A Conjugal Scene

           OnlytheysentMousquetontotellPlanchetthathismasterwasrequested,theinstantthatheleftthetrenches,tocometothequartersoftheMusketeers.

           Milady,asAthoshadforeseen,onfindingthetwomenthatawaitedher,madenodifficultyinfollowingthem.Shehadhadforaninstantaninclinationtobereconductedtothecardinal,andrelateeverythingtohim;butarevelationonherpartwouldbringaboutarevelationonthepartofAthos.ShemightsaythatAthoshadhangedher;butthenAthoswouldtellthatshewasbranded.Shethoughtitwasbesttopreservesilence,todiscreetlysetofftoaccomplishherdifficultmissionwithherusualskill;andthen,allthingsbeingaccomplishedtothesatisfactionofthecardinal,tocometohimandclaimhervengeance.

           Inconsequence,afterhavingtraveledallnight,atseveno’clockshewasatthefortofthePoint;ateighto’clockshehadembarked;andatnine,thevessel,whichwithlettersofmarquefromthecardinalwassupposedtobesailingforBayonne,raisedanchor,andsteereditscoursetowardEngland.

           

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