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The King’s Musketeers and the Cardinal’s Guards

           "S’blood;doesthatastonishyou?"

           Andtheninecombatantsrusheduponeachotherwithafurywhichhoweverdidnotexcludeacertaindegreeofmethod.

           AthosfixeduponacertainCahusac,afavoriteofthecardinal’s.PorthoshadBicarat,andAramisfoundhimselfopposedtotwoadversaries.Astod’Artagnan,hesprangtowardJussachimself.

           TheheartoftheyoungGasconbeatasifitwouldburstthroughhissidenotfromfear,Godbethanked,hehadnottheshadeofit,butwithemulation;hefoughtlikeafurioustiger,turningtentimesroundhisadversary,andchanginghisgroundandhisguardtwentytimes.Jussacwas,aswasthensaid,afineblade,andhadhadmuchpractice;neverthelessitrequiredallhisskilltodefendhimselfagainstanadversarywho,activeandenergetic,departedeveryinstantfromreceivedrules,attackinghimonallsidesatonce,andyetparryinglikeamanwhohadthegreatestrespectforhisownepidermis.

           ThiscontestatlengthexhaustedJussac’spatience.Furiousatbeingheldincheckbyonewhomhehadconsideredaboy,hebecamewarmandbegantomakemistakes.D’Artagnan,whothoughwantinginpracticehadasoundtheory,redoubledhisagility.Jussac,anxioustoputanendtothis,springingforward,aimedaterriblethrustathisadversary,butthelatterparriedit;andwhileJussacwasrecoveringhimself,glidedlikeaserpentbeneathhisblade,andpassedhisswordthroughhisbody.Jussacfelllikeadeadmass.

           D’Artagnanthencastananxiousandrapidglanceoverthefieldofbattle.

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