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"Yes, yes," continued M. de Treville, growing warmer as he spoke, "and his majesty was right; for, upon my honor, it is true that the
Musketeers
make but a miserable figure at court.
The cardinal related yesterday while playing with the king, with an air of condolence very displeasing to me, that the day before yesterday those DAMNED MUSKETEERS, those DAREDEVILS--he dwelt upon those words with an ironical tone still more displeasing to me--those BRAGGARTS, added he, glancing at me with his tiger-cat’s eye, had made a riot in the Rue Ferou in a cabaret, and that a party of his Guards (I thought he was going to laugh in my face) had been forced to arrest the rioters!
I will go straight to the louvre; I will give in my resignation as captain of the king’s
Musketeers
to take a lieutenancy in the cardinal’s Guards, and if he refuses me, MORBLEU!
"Athos!" cried the two
Musketeers.
"I was about to say to these gentlemen," added he, "that I forbid my
Musketeers
to expose their lives needlessly; for brave men are very dear to the king, and the king knows that his
Musketeers
are the bravest on the earth.
Whether Porthos understood him or did not understand him, giving way to his anger, "Monsieur," said he, "you stand a chance of getting chastised if you rub
Musketeers
in this fashion."
Besides this, he had drawn upon himself two good duels with two men, each capable of killing three d’Artagnans--with two Musketeers, in short, with two of those beings whom he esteemed so greatly that he placed them in his mind and heart above all other men.
Are you not aware that we are never seen one without the others, and that we are called among the
Musketeers
and the Guards, at court and in the city, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, or the Three Inseparables?
The blood had mounted to the head of d’Artagnan, and at that moment he would have drawn his sword against all the
Musketeers
in the kingdom as willingly as he now did against Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.
M. de Treville scolded his
Musketeers
in public, and congratulated them in private; but as no time was to be lost in gaining the king, M. de Treville hastened to report himself at the Louvre.
Do you know that his Eminence has been making fresh complaints against your Musketeers, and that with so much emotion, that this evening his Eminence is indisposed?
Ah, these
Musketeers
of yours are very devils--fellows to be hanged."
Then turning toward M. de Treville and walking with him toward the embrasure of a window, "Well, monsieur," continued he, "you say it is his Eminence’s Guards who have sought a quarrel with your Musketeers?""Yes, sire, as they always do.""And how did the thing happen?
"Then, upon seeing my
Musketeers
they changed their minds, and forgot their private hatred for partisan hatred; for your Majesty cannot be ignorant that the Musketeers, who belong to the king and nobody but the king, are the natural enemies of the Guardsmen, who belong to the cardinal."
You know how difficult it is to discover the truth; and unless a man be endowed with that admirable instinct which causes Louis XIII to be named the Just--""You are right, Treville; but they were not alone, your
Musketeers.
They called upon him then to retire; but he answered that he was a Musketeer at heart, entirely devoted to your Majesty, and that therefore he would remain with Messieurs the Musketeers."
It is a brawl; and the proof is that there were five of the cardinal’s Guardsmen against my three
Musketeers
and Monsieur d’Artagnan."
That evening the three
Musketeers
were informed of the honor accorded them.
The two
Musketeers
were already there, and were playing together.
This cry was generally heeded; for the
Musketeers
were known to be enemies of the cardinal, and were beloved on account of the hatred they bore to his Eminence.
Thus the soldiers of other companies than those which belonged to the Red Duke, as Aramis had called him, often took part with the king’s
Musketeers
in these quarrels.
Excitement was at its height among the
Musketeers
and their allies, and they even began to deliberate whether they should not set fire to the hotel to punish the insolence of M. de la Tremouille’s domestics in daring to make a SORTIE upon the king’s
Musketeers.
"I have no objection," replied M. de la Tremouille, "but I warn you that I am well informed, and all the fault is with your Musketeers.""You are too just and reasonable a man, monsieur!" said Treville, "not to accept the proposal I am about to make to you.""Make it, monsieur, I listen."
The three
Musketeers
therefore did not hesitate to make a step forward.
"Is it for this I name you captain of my Musketeers, that they should assassinate a man, disturb a whole quarter, and endeavor to set fire to Paris, without your saying a word?
Come, then, as early as you like--at seven o’clock; but beware, if you and your
Musketeers
are guilty."
"If my
Musketeers
are guilty, sire, the guilty shall be placed in your Majesty’s hands, who will dispose of them at your good pleasure.
He had ordered his three
Musketeers
and their companion to be with him at half past six in the morning.
Where are your
Musketeers?
At the moment he opened the door, the three
Musketeers
and d’Artagnan, conducted by La Chesnaye, appeared at the top of the staircase.
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