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Captivity: The Fifth Day

           Whatword,then,canbefoundtodescribethedayswhichtheyoccupyindescending?Toloseayear,twoyears,threeyears,istotalkofaneternity;toreturnafterthedeathordisgraceofthecardinal,perhaps;toreturnwhend’Artagnanandhisfriends,happyandtriumphant,shouldhavereceivedfromthequeentherewardtheyhadwellacquiredbytheservicestheyhadrenderedhertheseweredevouringideasthatawomanlikeMiladycouldnotendure.Fortherest,thestormwhichragedwithinherdoubledherstrength,andshewouldhaveburstthewallsofherprisonifherbodyhadbeenabletotakeforasingleinstanttheproportionsofhermind.

           Thenthatwhichspurredheronadditionallyinthemidstofallthiswastheremembranceofthecardinal.Whatmustthemistrustful,restless,suspiciouscardinalthinkofhersilencethecardinal,notmerelyheronlysupport,heronlyprop,heronlyprotectoratpresent,butstillfurther,theprincipalinstrumentofherfuturefortuneandvengeance?Sheknewhim;sheknewthatatherreturnfromafruitlessjourneyitwouldbeinvaintotellhimofherimprisonment,invaintoenlargeuponthesufferingsshehadundergone.Thecardinalwouldreply,withthesarcasticcalmnessoftheskeptic,strongatoncebypowerandgenius,"Youshouldnothaveallowedyourselftobetaken."

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