After a moment of silence employed by Milady in observing the young man who listened to her, Milady continued her recital. “It was nearly three

Milady had however achieved a half-triumph, and success doubled her forces. It was not difficult to conquer, as she had hitherto done, men prompt to

The next day, when Felton entered Milady’s apartment he found her standing, mounted upon a chair, holding in her hands a cord made by means

On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the market town of Meung, in which the author of romance of the rose was born, appeared to be in

In which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names’ ending in OS and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the

Instead of returning directly home, d’Artagnan alighted at the door of M. de Treville, and ran quickly up the stairs.  This time he had decided

At nine o’clock d’Artagnan was at the Hotel des Gardes; he found Planchet all ready.  The fourth horse had arrived. Planchet was armed with his musketoon and a

D’Artagnan ran home immediately, and although it was three o’clock in the morning and he had some of the worst quarters of Paris to traverse,

On the morrow, nothing was talked of in Paris but the ball which the aldermen of the city were to give to the king and

As they rode along, the duke endeavored to draw from d’Artagnan, not all that had happened, but what d’Artagnan himself knew.  By adding all that

At two o’clock in the morning, our four adventurers left Paris by the Barriere St. Denis.  As long as it was dark they remained silent;

D’Artagnan went straight to M. de Treville’s.  He had reflected that in a few minutes the cardinal would be warned by this cursed stranger, who

“Ah, Madame,” said d’Artagnan, entering by the door which the young woman opened for him, “allow me to tell you that you have a bad

It was the second time the cardinal had mentioned these diamond studs to the king.  Louis XIII was struck with this insistence, and began to

It is impossible to form an idea of the impression these few words made upon Louis XIII.  He grew pale and red alternately; and the

The evening so impatiently waited for by Porthos and by d’Artagnan at last arrived. As was his custom, d’Artagnan presented himself at Milady’s at about

Since the four friends had been each in search of his equipments, there had been no fixed meeting between them.  They dined apart from one

The Siege of La Rochelle was one of the great political events of the reign of Louis XIII, and one of the great military enterprises

The cardinal leaned his elbow on his manuscript, his cheek upon his hand, and looked intently at the young man for a moment.  No one

Meantime, as we have said, despite the cries of his conscience and the wise counsels of Athos, d’Artagnan became hourly more in love with Milady. 

At four o’clock the four friends were all assembled with Athos.  Their anxiety about their outfits had all disappeared, and each countenance only preserved the

D’Artagnan was so completely bewildered that without taking any heed of what might become of Kitty he ran at full speed across half Paris, and