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"Athos, then, went to pay a visit to one of his friends absent at the time," continued Treville, "to a young Bearnais, a cadet in his Majesty’s Guards, the company of Monsieur Dessessart, but
scarcely
had he arrived at his friend’s and taken up a book, while waiting his return, when a mixed crowd of bailiffs and soldiers came and laid siege to the house, broke open several doors--"The cardinal made the king a sign, which signified, "That was on account of the affair about which I spoke to you.""We all know that," interrupted the king; "for all that was done for our service."
As to the rest, M. de Treville had good reason to mistrust the cardinal and to think that all was not over, for
scarcely
had the captain of the Musketeers closed the door after him, than his Eminence said to the king, "Now that we are at length by ourselves, we will, if your Majesty pleases, converse seriously.
The queen was still standing when he entered; but
scarcely
had she perceived him then she reseated herself in her armchair, and made a sign to her women to resume their cushions and stools, and with an air of supreme hauteur, said, "What do you desire, monsieur, and with what object do you present yourself here?"
The door was
scarcely
closed upon him, when the queen sank, half fainting, into the arms of her women.
D’Artagnan had been there
scarcely
five minutes when M. de Treville entered.
Then, casting a glance on the handsome young man, who was
scarcely
twenty-five years of age, and whom he was leaving in his gore, deprived of sense and perhaps dead, he gave a sigh for that unaccountable destiny which leads men to destroy each other for the interests of people who are strangers to them and who often do not even know that they exist.
It was time; for they had
scarcely
sailed half a league, when d’Artagnan saw a flash and heard a detonation.
The king made his way through the crowd without a mask, and the ribbons of his doublet
scarcely
tied.
On the evening before, they had
scarcely
seen each other for a moment at the apartment of the Swiss guard, Germain, whither d’Artagnan had sent for her.
Besides, although the ballet was danced, the evening had
scarcely
begun.
The old man read so much truth and so much grief in the face of the young man that he made him a sign to listen, and repeated in a low voice: "It was
scarcely
nine o’clock when I heard a noise in the street, and was wondering what it could be, when on coming to my door, I found that somebody was endeavoring to open it.
"I will try to accompany you," said Aramis, "though I
scarcely
feel in a condition to mount on horseback.
Then the demigod vanished; he remained
scarcely
a man.
Of fifty large sausages, suspended from the joists,
scarcely
ten remained.
"Oh, we can
scarcely
say.
Milady frowned slightly; a
scarcely
visible cloud passed over her brow, and so peculiar a smile appeared upon her lips that the young man, who saw and observed this triple shade, almost shuddered at it.
He had
scarcely
entered when he began to agitate his nose and his jaws after the example of his clerks.
D’Artagnan departed,
scarcely
knowing what to think, but as he was a youth who did not easily lose his head, while continuing to pay his court to Milady, he had framed a little plan in his mind.
"In truth, my young friend, you will act rightly," said the gentleman, pressing the Gascon’s hand with an affection almost paternal; "and God grant that this woman, who has
scarcely
entered into your life, may not leave a terrible trace in it!"
She could
scarcely
believe in her happiness; and d’Artagnan was forced to renew with the living voice the assurances which he had written.
She
scarcely
resisted.
All this was of such incredible immodesty, of such monstrous effrontery, that d’Artagnan could
scarcely
believe what he saw or what he heard.
"Are you SURE that the OTHER is dead?""THE OTHER?" said Athos, in so stifled a voice that d’Artagnan
scarcely
heard him.
"Gentlemen," said d’Artagnan, "it is half past four, and we have
scarcely
time to be on the road of Chaillot by six.""Besides, if we go out too late, nobody will see us," said Porthos, "and that will be a pity.
But young as you are, and
scarcely
entering into the world, you have powerful enemies; if you do not take great heed, they will destroy you."
"Yes," said the man, who could
scarcely
believe in such magnanimity, "but is it not to have me hanged?""You have my word," said he; "for the second time I give you your life."
But
scarcely
were they out of the room before they were made aware of the cause of this noise.
43 THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOTMeanwhile the king, who, with more reason than the cardinal, showed his hatred for Buckingham, although
scarcely
arrived was in such a haste to meet the enemy that he commanded every disposition to be made to drive the English from the Isle of Re, and afterward to press the siege of La Rochelle; but notwithstanding his earnest wish, he was delayed by the dissensions which broke out between MM Bassompierre and Schomberg, against the Duc d’Angouleme.
He was of pale complexion, with clear blue eyes, rather deeply set; his mouth, fine and well cut, remained motionless in its correct lines; his chin, strongly marked, denoted that strength of will which in the ordinary Britannic type denotes mostly nothing but obstinacy; a brow a little receding, as is proper for poets, enthusiasts, and soldiers, was
scarcely
shaded by short thin hair which, like the beard which covered the lower part of his face, was of a beautiful deep chestnut color.
Lord de Winter himself could
scarcely
recognize the tigress who, a minute before, prepared apparently for a fight.
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