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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.—Showing what neither the Naiad nor Dryad had anticipated
CHAPTER II.—The new General of the Jesuits
CHAPTER III.—The Storm
CHAPTER IV.—The Shower of Rain
CHAPTER V.—Toby
CHAPTER VI.—Madame's four Chances
CHAPTER VII.—The Lottery
CHAPTER VIII.—Malaga
CHAPTER IX.—A Letter from M. de Baisemeaux
CHAPTER X.—In which the Reader will be delighted to find that Porthos has lost nothing of his Strength
CHAPTER XI.—The Rat and the Cheese
CHAPTER XII.—Planchet's Country-House
CHAPTER XIII.—Showing what could be seen from Planchet's House
CHAPTER XIV.—How Porthos, Tr�chen, and Planchet parted with each other on friendly terms, thanks to D'Artagnan
CHAPTER XV.—The Presentation of Porthos at Court
CHAPTER XVI.—Explanations
CHAPTER XVII.—Madame and Guiche
CHAPTER XVIII.—Montalais and Malicorne
CHAPTER XIX.—How De Wardes was received at Court
CHAPTER XX.—The Combat
CHAPTER XXI.—The King's Supper
CHAPTER XXII.—After Supper
CHAPTER XXIII.—Showing in what way D'Artagnan discharged the Mission with which the King had intrusted him
CHAPTER XXIV.—The Encounter
CHAPTER XXV.—The Physician
CHAPTER XXVI.—Wherein D'Artagnan perceives that it was he who was mistaken, and Manicamp who was right
CHAPTER XXVII.—Showing the advantage of having two Strings to one's Bow
CHAPTER XXVIII.—M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of the Realm of France
CHAPTER XXIX.—The Journey
CHAPTER XXX.—Triumfeminate
CHAPTER XXXI.—The First Quarrel
CHAPTER XXXII.—Despair
CHAPTER XXXIII.—The Flight
CHAPTER XXXIV.—Showing how Louis, on his side, had passed the time from Ten to half-past Twelve at Night
CHAPTER XXXV.—The Ambassadors
CHAPTER XXXVI.—Chaillot
CHAPTER XXXVII.—Madame
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—Mademoiselle de la Valliere's Pocket-Handkerchief
CHAPTER XXXIX.—Which treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor
CHAPTER XL.—Which treats of Carpentry Operations, and furnishes Details upon the Mode of constructing Staircases
CHAPTER XLI.—The Promenade by Torchlight
CHAPTER XLII.—The Apparition
CHAPTER XLIII.—The Portrait
CHAPTER XLIV.—Hampton Court
CHAPTER XLV.—The Courier from Madame
CHAPTER XLVI.—Saint-Aignan follows Malicorne's Advice
CHAPTER XLVII.—Two Old Friends
CHAPTER XLVIII.— Wherein may be seen that a Bargain which cannot be made with one Person, can be carried out with Another
CHAPTER XLIX.—The Skin of the Bear
CHAPTER L.—An Interview with the Queen-Mother
CHAPTER LI.—Two Friends
CHAPTER LII.—How Jean de la Fontaine wrote his first Tale
CHAPTER LIII.—La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator
CHAPTER LIV.—Madame de Belliere's Plate and Diamonds
CHAPTER LV.—M. de Mazarin's Receipt
CHAPTER LVI.—Monsieur Colbert's rough Draft
CHAPTER LVII.—In which the Author thinks it is now time to return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne
CHAPTER LVIII.—Bragelonne continues his Inquiries
CHAPTER LIX.—Two Jealousies
CHAPTER LX.—A Domiciliary Visit
CHAPTER LXI.—Porthos' Plan of Action
CHAPTER LXII.—The Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the Portrait
CHAPTER LXIII.—Rival Politics
CHAPTER LXIV.—Rival Affections
CHAPTER LXV.—King and Nobility
CHAPTER LXVI.—After the Storm
CHAPTER LXVII.—Heu! Miser!
CHAPTER LXVIII.— Wounds upon Wounds
CHAPTER LXIX.—What Raoul had Guessed
CHAPTER LXX.—Three Guests astonished to find themselves at Supper together
CHAPTER LXXI.—What took place at the Louvre during the Supper at the Bastille
CHAPTER LXXII.—Political Rivals
CHAPTER LXXIII.—In which Porthos is convinced without having understood anything
CHAPTER LXXIV.—M. de Baisemeaux's "Society"
CHAPTER LXXV.—The Prisoner
CHAPTER LXXVI.—How Mouston had become fatter without giving Porthos notice thereof, and of the Troubles which consequently befell that worthy Gentleman
CHAPTER LXXVII.—Who Messire John Percerin was
CHAPTER LXXVIII.—The Patterns
CHAPTER LXXIX.—Where, probably, Moliere formed his first Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme
CHAPTER LXXX.—The Beehive, the Bees, and the Honey
CHAPTER LXXXI.—Another Supper at the Bastille
CHAPTER LXXXII.—The General of the Order
CHAPTER LXXXIII.—The Tempter
CHAPTER LXXXIV.—Crown and Tiara
CHAPTER LXXXV.—The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
CHAPTER LXXXVI.—The Wine of Melun
CHAPTER LXXXVII.—Nectar and Ambrosia
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.—A Gascon, and a Gascon and a half
CHAPTER LXXXIX.—Colbert
CHAPTER XC.—Jealousy
CHAPTER XCI.—High Treason
CHAPTER XCII.—A Night at the Bastille
CHAPTER XCIII.—The Shadow of M. Fouquet
CHAPTER XCIV.—The Morning
CHAPTER XCV.—The King's Friend
CHAPTER XCVI.—Showing how the Countersign was respected at the Bastille
CHAPTER XCVII.—The King's Gratitude
CHAPTER XCVIII.—The False King
CHAPTER XCIX.—In which Porthos thinks he is pursuing a Duchy
CHAPTER C.—The Last Adieux
CHAPTER CI.—Monsieur de Beaufort
CHAPTER CII.—Preparations for Departure
CHAPTER CIII.—Planchet's Inventory
CHAPTER CIV.—The Inventory of M. de Beaufort
CHAPTER CV.—The Silver Dish
CHAPTER CVI.—Captive and Jailers
CHAPTER CVII.—Promises
CHAPTER CVIII.—Among Women
CHAPTER CIX.—The Last Supper
CHAPTER CX.—In the Carriage of M. Colbert
CHAPTER CXI.—The Two Lighters
CHAPTER CXII.—Friendly Advice
CHAPTER CXIII.—How the King, Louis XIV., played his little Part
CHAPTER CXIV.—The White Horse and the Black Horse
CHAPTER CXV.—In which the Squirrel falls--in which the Adder flies
CHAPTER CXVI.—Belle-Isle-en-Mer
CHAPTER CXVII.—The Explanations of Aramis
CHAPTER CXVIII.—Result of the Ideas of the King, and the Ideas of D'Artagnan
CHAPTER CXIX.—The Ancestors of Porthos
CHAPTER CXX.—The Son of Biscarrat
CHAPTER CXXI.—The Grotto of Locmaria
CHAPTER CXXII.—The Grotto
CHAPTER CXXIII.—An Homeric Song
CHAPTER CXXIV.—The Death of a Titan
CHAPTER CXXV.—The Epitaph of Porthos
CHAPTER CXXVI.—The Round of M. de Gesvres
CHAPTER CXXVII.—King Louis XIV.
CHAPTER CXXVIII.—The Friends of M. Fouquet
CHAPTER CXXIX.—Porthos' Will
CHAPTER CXXX.—The Old Age of Athos
CHAPTER CXXXI.—The Vision of Athos
CHAPTER CXXXII.—The Angel of Death
CHAPTER CXXXIII.—The Bulletin
CHAPTER CXXXIV.—The last Canto of the Poem
EPILOGUE.
The Death of D'Artagnan
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I.—
Frontispiece.—Hardly had the ladder been properly placed
than the king began to ascend.
II.—As 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.—D'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.—De 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.—Athos 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.—Raoul, presenting his pistol, threw himself on the leader,
commanding the coachman to stop.
VII.—Aramis saw that the young man was stretched upon his bed, his face
half-concealed by his arms.
VIII.—"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.—"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.—The king entered into the cell without pronouncing a single word: he
was pale and haggard.
XI.—They 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.—The deathbed of Athos—"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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