THE THREE MUSKETEERS

By

Alexandre Dumas

Contents

AUTHOR’S PREFACE. 4

1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D’ARTAGNAN THE ELDER.. 6

2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE. 17

3 THE AUDIENCE. 24

4 THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS 32

5 THE KING’S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL’S GUARDS. 38

6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII 46

7 THE INTERIOR OF “THE MUSKETEERS”. 60

8 CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE. 66

9 D’ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF. 73

10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.. 80

11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS. 88

12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM... 101

13 MONSIEUR BONACIEUX.. 107

14 THE MAN OF MEUNG.. 114

15 MEN OF THE ROBE AND MEN OF THE SWORD.. 123

16 IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL, IN ORDER TO RING IT, AS HE DID BEFORE. 129

17 BONACIEUX AT HOME. 138

18 LOVER AND HUSBAND.. 148

19 PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.. 154

20 THE JOURNEY.. 161

21 THE COUNTESS DE WINTER.. 170

22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON.. 177

23 THE RENDEZVOUS. 182

24 THE PAVILION.. 191

25 PORTHOS. 198

26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS. 212

27 THE WIFE OF ATHOS. 224

28 THE RETURN.. 239

29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS. 250