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           Thisletterwassoimportantthatitmadethemforsaketheircardsandtheirdiceonthedrumhead.

           TheotherthreewereoccupiedinopeninganenormousflagonofCollicurewine;thesewerethelackeysofthesegentlemen.

           Thecardinalwas,aswehavesaid,inverylowspirits;andnothingwhenhewasinthatstateofmindincreasedhisdepressionsomuchasgaietyinothers.Besides,hehadanotherstrangefancy,whichwasalwaystobelievethatthecausesofhissadnesscreatedthegaietyofothers.MakingasigntoLaHoudiniereandCahusactostop,healightedfromhishorse,andwenttowardthesesuspectedmerrycompanions,hoping,bymeansofthesandwhichdeadenedthesoundofhisstepsandofthehedgewhichconcealedhisapproach,tocatchsomewordsofthisconversationwhichappearedsointeresting.AttenpacesfromthehedgeherecognizedthetalkativeGascon;andashehadalreadyperceivedthatthesemenwereMusketeers,hedidnotdoubtthatthethreeotherswerethosecalledtheInseparables;thatistosay,Athos,Porthos,andAramis.

           Itmaybesupposedthathisdesiretoheartheconversationwasaugmentedbythisdiscovery.Hiseyestookastrangeexpression,andwiththestepofatiger-catheadvancedtowardthehedge;buthehadnotbeenabletocatchmorethanafewvaguesyllableswithoutanypositivesense,whenasonorousandshortcrymadehimstart,andattractedtheattentionoftheMusketeers.

           "Officer!"criedGrimaud.

           "Youarespeaking,youscoundrel!"saidAthos,risinguponhiselbow,andtransfixingGrimaudwithhisflaminglook.

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