The Vicomte de Bragelonne
Alexandre Dumas
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HARDLY HAD THE LADDER BEEN PROPERLY PLACED THAN THEKING BEGAN TO ASCEND.--_Page 155._]
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_
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_Copiously Illustrated with elegant Pen and Ink and Wood Engravings,specially drawn for this edition by eminent French and American Artists._
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COMPLETE IN NINE VOLUMES
VOLUME FOUR
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NEW YORKPETER 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, Truechen, 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 placedthan 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, withhis legs not stretched out, but simply placed upon a stool, formed anangle of the most obtuse form that could possibly be seen.
IV.--De Guiche turned round also, and, at the moment the horse was quietagain, 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 piecesupon the floor, and saluting the king, who was almost choking from rageand 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 facehalf-concealed by his arms.
VIII.--"You will look through the opening, which answers to one of thefalse 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?" "Itis no jest," replied in a deep voice the masked figure that held thelantern.
X.--The king entered into the cell without pronouncing a single word: hewas pale and haggard.
XI.--They saw, by the red flashes of the lightning against the violetfog which the wind stamped upon the bankward sky, they saw pass gravelyat six paces behind the governor, a man clothed in black and masked by avisor of polished steel, soldered to a helmet of the same nature, whichaltogether enveloped the whole of his head.
XII.--The Deathbed of Athos
--"Here I am!"
THE
VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE.
