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This contest at length exhausted Jussacs patience.
Indeed, sire, I wholly
comprehend your disappointment.
deTreville, crying, To the rescue,
Musketeers!
You mean to say that he deceives me; you mean to say that hebetrays
me?
Athos fixed upon a certain Cahusac, a favorite of the cardinals.
This is
something new, replied the king. Athos indeed saw a second smile on the lips of
dArtagnan.
Augustine, upon which we could not agree,said the Gascon. Let us
adjure him, in thename of the God before whom he must perhaps appear, to speak
thetruth. But neither of these two wounds was serious, and theyonly fought more
earnestly. How is Monsieur Bernajoux, your esquires relative?
The two
combatants had been seen in aposition which left no doubt of their
intentions.
On arriving at the kings private antechamber, M. This short
interval was sufficient to determine dArtagnan on thepart he was to take.
This
contest at length exhausted Jussacs patience.
de Jussac, turned thecorner of
the convent. He was in hunting costumecovered with dust, wearing large boots,
and holding a whip in hishand.
That did not come from a manwithout a
heart.
Jussac, one of the first swordsmen in the kingdom?
We chased him for six
hours, and when he was nearbeing taken--when St.
The exclamation was drawn from
Athos by seeing the sword ofCahusac fly twenty paces from him. Now, Gascons are
always poor, are they not?
This time,however, his address, although polite, was
cooler than usual.
Bravery is always respected, even in an enemy. There is
another word which pleases me, cried Athos, with agracious nod to dArtagnan.
That did not come from a manwithout a heart. cried the king, all radiant,
acomplete victory! This contest at length exhausted Jussacs patience.
Come,
come, choose your part, replied Jussac. Had his Majesty, asked he, any
intention of holding thishunting party yesterday?
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