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A Family Affair

           ItisprobablethatthesuccoroftheEnglishfleetwillneverevenarriveinsightoftheplace.IwillevenventuretosaythatIamcertainM.deBuckinghamwillbepreventedfromsettingoutbysomegreatevent.HisEminenceisthemostillustriouspoliticianoftimespast,oftimespresent,andprobablyoftimestocome.Hewouldextinguishthesunifthesunincommodedhim.Givethesehappytidingstoyoursister,mydearcousin.IhavedreamedthattheunluckyEnglishmanwasdead.Icannotrecollectwhetheritwasbysteelorbypoison;onlyofthisIamsure,Ihavedreamedhewasdead,andyouknowmydreamsneverdeceiveme.Beassured,then,ofseeingmesoonreturn."

           "Capital!"criedAthos;"youarethekingofpoets,mydearAramis.YouspeakliketheApocalypse,andyouareastrueastheGospel.Thereisnothingnowtodobuttoputtheaddresstothisletter."

           "Thatiseasilydone,"saidAramis.

           Hefoldedtheletterfancifully,andtookuphispenandwrote:

           "ToMlle.Michon,seamstress,Tours."

           Thethreefriendslookedatoneanotherandlaughed;theywerecaught.

           "Now,"saidAramis,"youwillpleasetounderstand,gentlemen,thatBazinalonecancarrythislettertoTours.MycousinknowsnobodybutBazin,andplacesconfidenceinnobodybuthim;anyotherpersonwouldfail.Besides,Bazinisambitiousandlearned;Bazinhasreadhistory,gentlemen,heknowsthatSixtustheFifthbecamePopeafterhavingkeptpigs.

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