THE THREE MUSKETEERS 1
Author s Preface 1
1 The Three Presents of M.D Artagnan,the Father 3
2 The Antechamber of M.de Treville 16
3 The Audience 25
4 The Shoulder of Athos,the Belt of Perthos,and the Handkerchief of Aramis 35
5 The King s Musketeers and the Cardinal s Guards 43
6 His Majesly King Louis the Thirteenth 53
7 The Domeslic Manners of the Musketeers 70
8 The Court Intrigue 77
9 D Artagnan Begins to Show Himself 84
10 A Mousetrap of the Seventeenth Century 91
11 The Intrigue Becomes Confused 100
12 George Villiers,Duke of Buckingham 116
13 Monsieur Bonancieux 124
14 The Man of Meung 132
15 Civilians and Soldiers 141
16 In which the Keeper of the Seals,Séguier,looked more than once after the bell,that he might ring it as he had been used to do 148
17 The Bonancieux Household 159
18 The Lover and the Husband 170
19 The Plan of Campaign 177
20 The Journey 185
21 The Countess de Winter 196
22 The Ballet of‘The Merlaison’ 205
23 The Appointment 211
24 The Pavilion 221
25 Porthos 230
26 The Thesis of Aramis 247
27 The Wife of Athos 262
28 The Return 279
29 The Hunt after Equipments 292
30 ‘My Lady’ 300
31 English and French 306
32 An Attorney s Dinner 313
33 Maid and Mistress 321
34 Concerning the Equipments of Aramis and Porthos 329
35 All Cats are alike Gray in the Dark 336
36 The Dream of Vengeance 344
37 The Lady s Secret 350
38 How,without disturbing himself,Athos obtained his Equipment 356
39 A Charming Vision 364
40 A Terrible Vision 372
41 The Siege of La Rochelle 380
42 The Wine of Anjou 391
43 The Red Dove-Cot Tavern 398
44 The Utility of Stone Funnels 405
45 A Conjugal Scene 413
46 The Bastion of St.Gervais 418
47 The Council of the Musketeers 424
48 A Family Affair 440
49 Fatality 453
50 A Chat between a Brother and Sister 460
51 The Officer 467
52 The First Day of Imprisonment 478
53 The Second Day of Imprisonment 484
54 The Thrid Day of Imprisonment 491
55 The Fourth Day of Imprisonment 499
56 The Fifth Day of Imprisonment 507
57 An Event in Classical Tragedy 520
58 The Escape 526
59 What happened at Portsmouth,on the Twenty-third of August,1628 534
60 In France 544
61 The Carmelite Cenvent of Bethune 549
62 Two Kinds of Demons 561
63 A Drop of Water 566
64 The Man in the Red Cloak 579
65 The Judgment 584
66 The Execution 591
67 A Message from The Cardinal 595
The Epilogue 607
Explanatory Notes 609