Execution

           Itwasnearmidnight;themoon,lessenedbyitsdecline,andreddenedbythelasttracesofthestorm,arosebehindthelittletownofArmentieres,whichshowedagainstitspalelightthedarkoutlineofitshouses,andtheskeletonofitshighbelfry.InfrontofthemtheLysrolleditswaterslikeariverofmoltentin;whileontheothersidewasablackmassoftrees,profiledonastormysky,invadedbylargecopperycloudswhichcreatedasortoftwilightamidthenight.Ontheleftwasanoldabandonedmill,withitsmotionlesswings,fromtheruinsofwhichanowlthrewoutitsshrill,periodical,andmonotonouscry.Ontherightandontheleftoftheroad,whichthedismalprocessionpursued,appearedafewlow,stuntedtrees,whichlookedlikedeformeddwarfscrouchingdowntowatchmentravelingatthissinisterhour.

           Fromtimetotimeabroadsheetoflightningopenedthehorizoninitswholewidth,dartedlikeaserpentovertheblackmassoftrees,andlikeaterriblescimitardividedtheheavensandthewatersintotwoparts.Notabreathofwindnowdisturbedtheheavyatmosphere.Adeathlikesilenceoppressedallnature.Thesoilwashumidandglitteringwiththerainwhichhadrecentlyfallen,andtherefreshedherbssentforththeirperfumewithadditionalenergy.

           TwolackeysdraggedMilady,whomeachheldbyonearm.Theexecutionerwalkedbehindthem,andLorddeWinter,d’Artagnan,Porthos,andAramiswalkedbehindtheexecutioner.PlanchetandBazincamelast.

           ThetwolackeysconductedMiladytothebankoftheriver.

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