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THE WORKS
OF
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE
OR
TEN YEARS LATER
BEING THE COMPLETION OF
"THE THREE MUSKETEERS" AND "TWENTY YEARS AFTER"
PART II
Copiously Illustrated with elegant Pen and Ink and Wood Engravings, specially drawn for this edition by eminent French and American Artists.
COMPLETE IN NINE VOLUMES
VOLUME FOUR
NEW YORK
PETER FENELON COLLIER, PUBLISHER.
1893
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.βShowing what neither the Naiad nor Dryad had anticipated
CHAPTER II.βThe new General of the Jesuits
CHAPTER III.βThe Storm
CHAPTER IV.βThe Shower of Rain
CHAPTER V.βToby
CHAPTER VI.βMadame's four Chances
CHAPTER VII.βThe Lottery
CHAPTER VIII.βMalaga
CHAPTER IX.βA Letter from M. de Baisemeaux
CHAPTER X.βIn which the Reader will be delighted to find that Porthos has lost nothing of his Strength
CHAPTER XI.βThe Rat and the Cheese
CHAPTER XII.βPlanchet's Country-House
CHAPTER XIII.βShowing what could be seen from Planchet's House
CHAPTER XIV.βHow Porthos, TrοΏ½chen, and Planchet parted with each other on friendly terms, thanks to D'Artagnan
CHAPTER XV.βThe Presentation of Porthos at Court
CHAPTER XVI.βExplanations
CHAPTER XVII.βMadame and Guiche
CHAPTER XVIII.βMontalais and Malicorne
CHAPTER XIX.βHow De Wardes was received at Court
CHAPTER XX.βThe Combat
CHAPTER XXI.βThe King's Supper
CHAPTER XXII.βAfter Supper
CHAPTER XXIII.βShowing in what way D'Artagnan discharged the Mission with which the King had intrusted him
CHAPTER XXIV.βThe Encounter
CHAPTER XXV.βThe Physician
CHAPTER XXVI.βWherein D'Artagnan perceives that it was he who was mistaken, and Manicamp who was right
CHAPTER XXVII.βShowing the advantage of having two Strings to one's Bow
CHAPTER XXVIII.βM. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of the Realm of France
CHAPTER XXIX.βThe Journey
CHAPTER XXX.βTriumfeminate
CHAPTER XXXI.βThe First Quarrel
CHAPTER XXXII.βDespair
CHAPTER XXXIII.βThe Flight
CHAPTER XXXIV.βShowing how Louis, on his side, had passed the time from Ten to half-past Twelve at Night
CHAPTER XXXV.βThe Ambassadors
CHAPTER XXXVI.βChaillot
CHAPTER XXXVII.βMadame
CHAPTER XXXVIII.βMademoiselle de la Valliere's Pocket-Handkerchief
CHAPTER XXXIX.βWhich treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor
CHAPTER XL.βWhich treats of Carpentry Operations, and furnishes Details upon the Mode of constructing Staircases
CHAPTER XLI.βThe Promenade by Torchlight
CHAPTER XLII.βThe Apparition
CHAPTER XLIII.βThe Portrait
CHAPTER XLIV.βHampton Court
CHAPTER XLV.βThe Courier from Madame
CHAPTER XLVI.βSaint-Aignan follows Malicorne's Advice
CHAPTER XLVII.βTwo Old Friends
CHAPTER XLVIII.β Wherein may be seen that a Bargain which cannot be made with one Person, can be carried out with Another
CHAPTER XLIX.βThe Skin of the Bear
CHAPTER L.βAn Interview with the Queen-Mother
CHAPTER LI.βTwo Friends
CHAPTER LII.βHow Jean de la Fontaine wrote his first Tale
CHAPTER LIII.βLa Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator
CHAPTER LIV.βMadame de Belliere's Plate and Diamonds
CHAPTER LV.βM. de Mazarin's Receipt
CHAPTER LVI.βMonsieur Colbert's rough Draft
CHAPTER LVII.βIn which the Author thinks it is now time to return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne
CHAPTER LVIII.βBragelonne continues his Inquiries
CHAPTER LIX.βTwo Jealousies
CHAPTER LX.βA Domiciliary Visit
CHAPTER LXI.βPorthos' Plan of Action
CHAPTER LXII.βThe Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the Portrait
CHAPTER LXIII.βRival Politics
CHAPTER LXIV.βRival Affections
CHAPTER LXV.βKing and Nobility
CHAPTER LXVI.βAfter the Storm
CHAPTER LXVII.βHeu! Miser!
CHAPTER LXVIII.β Wounds upon Wounds
CHAPTER LXIX.βWhat Raoul had Guessed
CHAPTER LXX.βThree Guests astonished to find themselves at Supper together
CHAPTER LXXI.βWhat took place at the Louvre during the Supper at the Bastille
CHAPTER LXXII.βPolitical Rivals
CHAPTER LXXIII.βIn which Porthos is convinced without having understood anything
CHAPTER LXXIV.βM. de Baisemeaux's "Society"
CHAPTER LXXV.βThe Prisoner
CHAPTER LXXVI.βHow Mouston had become fatter without giving Porthos notice thereof, and of the Troubles which consequently befell that worthy Gentleman
CHAPTER LXXVII.βWho Messire John Percerin was
CHAPTER LXXVIII.βThe Patterns
CHAPTER LXXIX.βWhere, probably, Moliere formed his first Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme
CHAPTER LXXX.βThe Beehive, the Bees, and the Honey
CHAPTER LXXXI.βAnother Supper at the Bastille
CHAPTER LXXXII.βThe General of the Order
CHAPTER LXXXIII.βThe Tempter
CHAPTER LXXXIV.βCrown and Tiara
CHAPTER LXXXV.βThe Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
CHAPTER LXXXVI.βThe Wine of Melun
CHAPTER LXXXVII.βNectar and Ambrosia
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.βA Gascon, and a Gascon and a half
CHAPTER LXXXIX.βColbert
CHAPTER XC.βJealousy
CHAPTER XCI.βHigh Treason
CHAPTER XCII.βA Night at the Bastille
CHAPTER XCIII.βThe Shadow of M. Fouquet
CHAPTER XCIV.βThe Morning
CHAPTER XCV.βThe King's Friend
CHAPTER XCVI.βShowing how the Countersign was respected at the Bastille
CHAPTER XCVII.βThe King's Gratitude
CHAPTER XCVIII.βThe False King
CHAPTER XCIX.βIn which Porthos thinks he is pursuing a Duchy
CHAPTER C.βThe Last Adieux
CHAPTER CI.βMonsieur de Beaufort
CHAPTER CII.βPreparations for Departure
CHAPTER CIII.βPlanchet's Inventory
CHAPTER CIV.βThe Inventory of M. de Beaufort
CHAPTER CV.βThe Silver Dish
CHAPTER CVI.βCaptive and Jailers
CHAPTER CVII.βPromises
CHAPTER CVIII.βAmong Women
CHAPTER CIX.βThe Last Supper
CHAPTER CX.βIn the Carriage of M. Colbert
CHAPTER CXI.βThe Two Lighters
CHAPTER CXII.βFriendly Advice
CHAPTER CXIII.βHow the King, Louis XIV., played his little Part
CHAPTER CXIV.βThe White Horse and the Black Horse
CHAPTER CXV.βIn which the Squirrel falls--in which the Adder flies
CHAPTER CXVI.βBelle-Isle-en-Mer
CHAPTER CXVII.βThe Explanations of Aramis
CHAPTER CXVIII.βResult of the Ideas of the King, and the Ideas of D'Artagnan
CHAPTER CXIX.βThe Ancestors of Porthos
CHAPTER CXX.βThe Son of Biscarrat
CHAPTER CXXI.βThe Grotto of Locmaria
CHAPTER CXXII.βThe Grotto
CHAPTER CXXIII.βAn Homeric Song
CHAPTER CXXIV.βThe Death of a Titan
CHAPTER CXXV.βThe Epitaph of Porthos
CHAPTER CXXVI.βThe Round of M. de Gesvres
CHAPTER CXXVII.βKing Louis XIV.
CHAPTER CXXVIII.βThe Friends of M. Fouquet
CHAPTER CXXIX.βPorthos' Will
CHAPTER CXXX.βThe Old Age of Athos
CHAPTER CXXXI.βThe Vision of Athos
CHAPTER CXXXII.βThe Angel of Death
CHAPTER CXXXIII.βThe Bulletin
CHAPTER CXXXIV.βThe last Canto of the Poem
EPILOGUE.
The Death of D'Artagnan
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I.β
Frontispiece.βHardly had the ladder been properly placed
than the king began to ascend.
II.βAs the rain dripped more and more through the foliage of the oak,
the king held his hat over the head of the young girl.
III.βD'Artagnan, reclining upon an immense straight-backed chair, with
his legs not stretched out, but simply placed upon a stool, formed an
angle of the most obtuse form that could possibly be seen.
IV.βDe Guiche turned round also, and, at the moment the horse was quiet
again, he fired, and the ball carried off De Wardes' hat from his head.
V.βAthos broke his sword across his knee, slowly placed the two pieces
upon the floor, and saluting the king, who was almost choking from rage
and shame, he quitted the cabinet.
VI.βRaoul, presenting his pistol, threw himself on the leader,
commanding the coachman to stop.
VII.βAramis saw that the young man was stretched upon his bed, his face
half-concealed by his arms.
VIII.β"You will look through the opening, which answers to one of the
false windows made in the dome of the king's apartment. Can you see?"
IX.β"What is this, monsieur, and what is the meaning of this jest?" "It
is no jest," replied in a deep voice the masked figure that held the
lantern.
X.βThe king entered into the cell without pronouncing a single word: he
was pale and haggard.
XI.βThey saw, by the red flashes of the lightning against the violet
fog which the wind stamped upon the bankward sky, they saw pass gravely
at six paces behind the governor, a man clothed in black and masked by a
visor of polished steel, soldered to a helmet of the same nature, which
altogether enveloped the whole of his head.
XII.βThe deathbed of Athosβ"Here I am!"
THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE.
(PART II.)
CHAPTER I.
SHOWING WHAT NEITHER THE NAIAD NOR DRYAD HAD ANTICIPATED.
Saint-Aignan stopped at the foot of the staircase which led to the entresol, where the maids of honor were lodged, and to the first floor, where Madame's apartments were situated. Then, by means of one of the servants who was passing, he sent to apprise Malicorne, who was still with Monsieur. After having waited ten minutes, Malicorne arrived, looking full of suspicion and importance. The king drew back toward the darkest part of the vestibule. Saint-Aignan, on the contrary, advanced to meet him, but at the first words, indicating his wish, Malicorne drew back abruptly.
"Oh! oh!" he said, "you want me to introduce you into the rooms of the maids of honor?"
"Yes."
"You know very well that I cannot do anything of the kind, without being made acquainted with your object."
"Unfortunately, my dear Monsieur Malicorne, it is quite impossible for me to give you any explanation: you must therefore confide in me as in a friend who got you out of a great difficulty yesterday, and who now begs you to draw him out of one to-day."
"Yet, I told you, monsieur, what my object was; that my object was not to sleep out in the open air, and any man might express the same wish, while you, however, admit nothing."
"Believe me, my dear Monsieur Malicorne," Saint-Aignan persisted, "that if I were permitted to explain myself, I would do so."
"In that case, my dear monsieur, it is impossible for me to allow you to enter Mademoiselle de Montalais's apartment."
"Why so?"
"You know why better than any one else, since you caught me on the wall paying my addresses to Mademoiselle de Montalais; it would, therefore, be an excess of kindness, on my part, you will admit, since I am paying my attentions to her, to open the door of her room to you."
"But who told you it was on her account I asked you for the key?"
"For whom, then?"
"She does not lodge there alone, I suppose?"
"No, certainly; for Mademoiselle de la Valliere shares her rooms with her; but, really, you have nothing more to do with Mademoiselle de la Valliere than with Mademoiselle de Montalais, and there are only two men to whom I would give this key; to M. de Bragelonne, if he begged me to give it him, and to the king if he ordered me to do so."
"In that case, give me the key, monsieur, I order you to do so," said the king, advancing from the obscurity, and partially opening his cloak. "Mademoiselle de Montalais will step down to talk with you, while we go upstairs to Mademoiselle de la Valliere, for, in fact, it is she only whom we require."
"The king," exclaimed Malicorne, bowing down to the very ground.
"Yes, the king," said Louis, smiling, "the king, who is as pleased with your[Pg 6] resistance as with your capitulation. Rise, monsieur, and render us the service we request of you."
"I obey your majesty," said Malicorne, leading the way up the staircase.
"Get Mademoiselle de Montalais to
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