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The King’s Musketeers and the Cardinal’s Guards

           BicaratwasaGascon,asd’Artagnanwas;heturnedadeafear,andcontentedhimselfwithlaughing,andbetweentwoparriesfindingtimetopointtoaspotofearthwithhissword,"Here,"criedhe,parodyingaverseoftheBible,"herewillBicaratdie;forIonlyamleft,andtheyseekmylife."

           "Buttherearefouragainstyou;leaveoff,Icommandyou."

           "Ah,ifyoucommandme,that’sanotherthing,"saidBicarat."Asyouaremycommander,itismydutytoobey."Andspringingbackward,hebrokehisswordacrosshiskneetoavoidthenecessityofsurrenderingit,threwthepiecesovertheconventwall,andcrossedhimarms,whistlingacardinalistair.

           Braveryisalwaysrespected,eveninanenemy.TheMusketeerssalutedBicaratwiththeirswords,andreturnedthemtotheirsheaths.D’Artagnandidthesame.Then,assistedbyBicarat,theonlyoneleftstanding,heboreJussac,Cahusac,andoneofAramis’sadversarieswhowasonlywounded,undertheporchoftheconvent.Thefourth,aswehavesaid,wasdead.Theythenrangthebell,andcarryingawayfourswordsoutoffive,theytooktheirroad,intoxicatedwithjoy,towardthehotelofM.deTreville.

           Theywalkedarminarm,occupyingthewholewidthofthestreetandtakingineveryMusketeertheymet,sothatintheenditbecameatriumphalmarch.Theheartofd’Artagnanswamindelirium;hemarchedbetweenAthosandPorthos,pressingthemtenderly.

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