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The King’s Musketeers and the Cardinal’s Guards

           AstotheastuteAramis,hedidnotentertainmuchdreadofhim;andsupposingheshouldbeabletogetsofar,hedeterminedtodispatchhimingoodstyleoratleast,byhittinghimintheface,asCaesarrecommendedhissoldiersdotothoseofPompey,todamageforeverthebeautyofwhichhewassoproud.

           Inadditiontothis,d’Artagnanpossessedthatinvinciblestockofresolutionwhichthecounselsofhisfatherhadimplantedinhisheart:"Endurenothingfromanyonebuttheking,thecardinal,andMonsieurdeTreville."Heflew,then,ratherthanwalked,towardtheconventoftheCarmesDechausses,orratherDeschaux,asitwascalledatthatperiod,asortofbuildingwithoutawindow,surroundedbybarrenfieldsanaccessorytothePreaux-Clercs,andwhichwasgenerallyemployedastheplacefortheduelsofmenwhohadnotimetolose.

           Whend’Artagnanarrivedinsightofthebarespotofgroundwhichextendedalongthefootofthemonastery,Athoshadbeenwaitingaboutfiveminutes,andtwelveo’clockwasstriking.Hewas,then,aspunctualastheSamaritanwoman,andthemostrigorouscasuistwithregardtoduelscouldhavenothingtosay.

           Athos,whostillsufferedgrievouslyfromhiswound,thoughithadbeendressedanewbyM.deTreville’ssurgeon,wasseatedonapostandwaitingforhisadversarywithhatinhand,hisfeathereventouchingtheground.

           "Monsieur,"saidAthos,"Ihaveengagedtwoofmyfriendsasseconds;butthesetwofriendsarenotyetcome,atwhichIamastonished,asitisnotatalltheircustom."

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