VOLUME FOUR

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NEW YORK PETER FENELON COLLIER, PUBLISHER. 1893

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CONTENTS.

THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE.

(PART II.)

I. Showing what neither the Naiad nor Dryad had anticipated 5

II. The new General of the Jesuits 9

III. The Storm 14

IV. The Shower of Rain 18

V. Toby 25

VI. Madame's four Chances 29

VII. The Lottery 33

VIII. Malaga 37

IX. A Letter from M. de Baisemeaux 44

X. In which the Reader will be delighted to find that Porthos has lost nothing of his Strength 46

XI. The Rat and the Cheese 55

XII. Planchet's Country-House 59

XIII. Showing what could be seen from Planchet's House 62

XIV. How Porthos, Trüchen, and Planchet parted with each other on friendly terms, thanks to D'Artagnan 65

XV. The Presentation of Porthos at Court 67

XVI. Explanations 69

XVII. Madame and Guiche 73

XVIII. Montalais and Malicorne 77

XIX. How De Wardes was received at Court 81

XX. The Combat 87

XXI. The King's Supper 93

XXII. After Supper 96

XXIII. Showing in what way D'Artagnan discharged the Mission with which the King had intrusted him 98

XXIV. The Encounter 101

XXV. The Physician 104

XXVI. Wherein D'Artagnan perceives that it was he who was mistaken, and Manicamp who was right 106

XXVII. Showing the advantage of having two Strings to one's Bow 109

XXVIII. M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of the Realm of France 115

XXIX. The Journey 118

XXX. Triumfeminate 121

XXXI. The First Quarrel 124

XXXII. Despair 129

XXXIII. The Flight 132

XXXIV. Showing how Louis, on his side, had passed the time from Ten to half-past Twelve at Night 135

XXXV. The Ambassadors 138

XXXVI. Chaillot 142

XXXVII. Madame 147

XXXVIII. Mademoiselle de la Valliere's Pocket-Handkerchief 151

XXXIX. Which treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor 153

XL. Which treats of Carpentry Operations, and furnishes Details upon the Mode of constructing Staircases 157

XLI. The Promenade by Torchlight 161

XLII. The Apparition 166

XLIII. The Portrait 170

XLIV. Hampton Court 174

XLV. The Courier from Madame 180

XLVI. Saint-Aignan follows Malicorne's Advice 185

XLVII. Two Old Friends 188

XLVIII. Wherein may be seen that a Bargain which cannot be made with one Person, can be carried out with Another 196

XLIX. The Skin of the Bear 201

L. An Interview with the Queen-Mother 204

LI. Two Friends 209

LII. How Jean de la Fontaine wrote his first Tale 213

LIII. La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator 215

LIV. Madame de Belliere's Plate and Diamonds 219

LV. M. de Mazarin's Receipt 221

LVI. Monsieur Colbert's rough Draft 225

LVII. In which the Author thinks it is now time to return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne 231

LVIII. Bragelonne continues his Inquiries 234

LIX. Two Jealousies 236

LX. A Domiciliary Visit 239

LXI. Porthos' Plan of Action 243

LXII. The Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the Portrait 247

LXIII. Rival Politics 253

LXIV. Rival Affections 255

LXV. King and Nobility 259

LXVI. After the Storm 264

LXVII. Heu! Miser! 267

LXVIII. Wounds upon Wounds 269

LXIX. What Raoul had Guessed 272

LXX. Three Guests astonished to find themselves at Supper together 275

LXXI. What took place at the Louvre during the Supper at the Bastille 278

LXXII. Political Rivals 282

LXXIII. In which Porthos is convinced without having understood anything 286

LXXIV. M. de Baisemeaux's "Society" 289

LXXV. The Prisoner 293

LXXVI. How Mouston had become fatter without giving Porthos notice thereof, and of the Troubles which consequently befell that worthy Gentleman 307

LXXVII. Who Messire John Percerin was 311

LXXVIII. The Patterns 315

LXXIX. Where, probably, Moliere formed his first Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme 319

LXXX. The Beehive, the Bees, and the Honey 323

LXXXI. Another Supper at the Bastille 328

LXXXII. The General of the Order 331

LXXXIII. The Tempter 336

LXXXIV. Crown and Tiara 340

LXXXV. The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte 344

LXXXVI. The Wine of Melun 347

LXXXVII. Nectar and Ambrosia 350

LXXXVIII. A Gascon, and a Gascon and a half 352

LXXXIX. Colbert 359

XC. Jealousy 362

XCI. High Treason 366

XCII. A Night at the Bastille 371

XCIII. The Shadow of M. Fouquet 374

XCIV. The Morning 383

XCV. The King's Friend 387

XCVI. Showing how the Countersign was respected at the Bastille 395

XCVII. The King's Gratitude 400

XCVIII. The False King 404

XCIX. In which Porthos thinks he is pursuing a Duchy 409

C. The Last Adieux 412

CI. Monsieur de Beaufort 415

CII. Preparations for Departure 419

CIII. Planchet's Inventory 423

CIV. The Inventory of M. de Beaufort 426

CV. The Silver Dish 429

CVI. Captive and Jailers 433

CVII. Promises 438

CVIII. Among Women 444

CIX. The Last Supper 449

CX. In the Carriage of M. Colbert 453

CXI. The Two Lighters 456

CXII. Friendly Advice 460

CXIII. How the King, Louis XIV., played his little Part 463

CXIV. The White Horse and the Black Horse 468

CXV. In which the Squirrel falls--in which the Adder flies 472

CXVI. Belle-Isle-en-Mer 477

CXVII. The Explanations of Aramis 482

CXVIII. Result of the Ideas of the King, and the Ideas of D'Artagnan 487

CXIX. The Ancestors of Porthos 489

CXX. The Son of Biscarrat 491

CXXI. The Grotto of Locmaria 494

CXXII. The Grotto 497

CXXIII. An Homeric Song 501

CXXIV. The Death of a Titan 504

CXXV. The Epitaph of Porthos 508

CXXVI. The Round of M. de Gesvres 511

CXXVII. King Louis XIV. 514

CXXVIII. The Friends of M. Fouquet 518

CXXIX. Porthos' Will 522

CXXX. The Old Age of Athos 525

CXXXI. The Vision of Athos 527

CXXXII. The Angel of Death 531

CXXXIII. The Bulletin 533

CXXXIV. The last Canto of the Poem 536

EPILOGUE 539

THE DEATH OF D'ARTAGNAN 549

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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!"

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VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE.