Captivity: The First Day

           LetusreturntoMilady,whomaglancethrownuponthecoastofFrancehasmadeuslosesightofforaninstant.

           Weshallfindherstillinthedespairingattitudeinwhichwelefther,plungedinanabyssofdismalreflectionadarkhellatthegateofwhichshehasalmostlefthopebehind,becauseforthefirsttimeshedoubts,forthefirsttimeshefears.

           Ontwooccasionsherfortunehasfailedher,ontwooccasionsshehasfoundherselfdiscoveredandbetrayed;andonthesetwooccasionsitwastoonefatalgenius,sentdoubtlesslybytheLordtocombather,thatshehassuccumbed.D’Artagnanhasconqueredherher,thatinvinciblepowerofevil.

           Hehasdeceivedherinherlove,humbledherinherpride,thwartedherinherambition;andnowheruinsherfortune,deprivesherofliberty,andeventhreatensherlife.Stillmore,hehasliftedthecornerofhermaskthatshieldwithwhichshecoveredherselfandwhichrenderedhersostrong.

           D’ArtagnanhasturnedasidefromBuckingham,whomshehatesasshehateseveryoneshehasloved,thetempestwithwhichRichelieuthreatenedhiminthepersonofthequeen.D’ArtagnanhadpassedhimselfuponherasdeWardes,forwhomshehadconceivedoneofthosetigerlikefanciescommontowomenofhercharacter.D’Artagnanknowsthatterriblesecretwhichshehasswornnooneshallknowwithoutdying.

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