THE FORTY-FIVE GUARDSMEN

A SEQUEL TO "CHICOT, THE JESTER"

By

Alexandre Dumas père

NEW YORK

PETER FENELON COLLIER, PUBLISHER

1893

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I. THE PORTE ST. ANTOINE. 5

CHAPTER II. WHAT PASSED OUTSIDE THE PORTE ST. ANTOINE. 9

CHAPTER III. THE EXAMINATION. 15

CHAPTER IV. HIS MAJESTY HENRI THE THIRD. 18

CHAPTER V. THE EXECUTION. 22

CHAPTER VI. THE BROTHERS. 28

CHAPTER VII. "THE SWORD OF THE BRAVE CHEVALIER." 38

CHAPTER VIII. THE GASCON. 42

CHAPTER IX. M. DE LOIGNAC. 47

CHAPTER X. THE PURCHASE OF CUIRASSES. 52

CHAPTER XI STILL THE LEAGUE. 58

CHAPTER XII. THE CHAMBER OF HIS MAJESTY HENRI III. 62

CHAPTER XIII. THE DORMITORY. 67

CHAPTER XIV. THE SHADE OF CHICOT. 72

CHAPTER XV. THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING A GOOD AMBASSADOR. 82

CHAPTER XVI. THE SERENADE. 89

CHAPTER XVII. CHICOT'S PURSE. 94

CHAPTER XVIII. THE PRIORY OF THE JACOBINS. 96

CHAPTER XIX. THE TWO FRIENDS. 99

CHAPTER XX. THE BREAKFAST. 105

CHAPTER XXI. BROTHER BORROMÉE. 108

CHAPTER XXII. THE LESSON. 112

CHAPTER XXIII. THE PENITENT. 116

CHAPTER XXIV. THE AMBUSH. 120

CHAPTER XXV. THE GUISES. 125

CHAPTER XXVI. THE LOUVRE. 129

CHAPTER XXVII. THE REVELATION. 133

CHAPTER XXVIII. TWO FRIENDS. 138

CHAPTER XXIX. ST. MALINE. 141

CHAPTER XXX. DE LOIGNAC'S INTERVIEW WITH THE FORTY-FIVE. 146

CHAPTER XXXI. THE BOURGEOIS OF PARIS. 151

CHAPTER XXXII. BROTHER BORROMÉE. 156

CHAPTER XXXIII. CHICOT, LATINIST. 160

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FOUR WINDS. 162

CHAPTER XXXV. HOW CHICOT CONTINUED HIS JOURNEY, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. 165

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE THIRD DAY OF THE JOURNEY. 170

CHAPTER XXXVII. ERNANTON DE CARMAINGES. 174

CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE STABLE-YARD. 180

CHAPTER XXXIX. THE SEVEN SINS OF MAGDALENE. 186

CHAPTER XL. BEL-ESBAT. 190

CHAPTER XLI. THE LETTER OF M. DE MAYENNE. 197

CHAPTER XLII. HOW DOM GORENFLOT BLESSED THE KING AS HE PASSED BEFORE THE PRIORY OF THE JACOBINS. 202

CHAPTER XLIII. HOW CHICOT BLESSED KING LOUIS II. FOR HAVING INVENTED POSTING, AND RESOLVED TO PROFIT BY IT. 208

CHAPTER XLIV. HOW THE KING OF NAVARRE GUESSES THAT "TURENNIUS" MEANS TURENNE, AND "MARGOTA" MARGOT. 213

CHAPTER XLV. THE AVENUE THREE THOUSAND FEET LONG. 219

CHAPTER XLVI. MARGUERITE'S ROOM. 222

CHAPTER XLVII. THE EXPLANATION. 225

CHAPTER XLVIII. THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR. 231

CHAPTER XLIX. THE POOR OF HENRI OF NAVARRE. 236

CHAPTER L. THE TRUE MISTRESS OF THE KING OF NAVARRE. 244

CHAPTER LI. CHICOT'S ASTONISHMENT AT FINDING HIMSELF SO POPULAR IN NERAC. 249

CHAPTER LII. HOW THEY HUNTED THE WOLF IN NAVARRE. 258

CHAPTER LIII. HOW HENRI OF NAVARRE BEHAVED IN BATTLE. 265

CHAPTER LIV. WHAT WAS PASSING AT THE LOUVRE ABOUT THE TIME CHICOT ENTERED NÉRAC. 270

CHAPTER LV. RED PLUME AND WHITE PLUME. 278

CHAPTER LVI. THE DOOR OPENS. 283

CHAPTER LVII. HOW A GREAT LADY LOVED IN THE YEAR 1586. 287

CHAPTER LVIII. HOW ST. MALINE ENTERED INTO THE TURRET, AND WHAT FOLLOWED. 297

CHAPTER LIX. WHAT WAS PASSING IN THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE. 302

CHAPTER LX. THE LABORATORY. 308

CHAPTER LXI. WHAT MONSEIGNEUR FRANCOIS, DUC D'ANJOU, DUC DE BRABANT AND COMTE DE FLANDERS, WAS DOING IN FLANDERS. 312

CHAPTER LXII. PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE. 316

CHAPTER LXIII. MONSEIGNEUR. 322

CHAPTER LXIV. MONSEIGNEUR. 325

CHAPTER LXV. FRENCH AND FLEMINGS. 330

CHAPTER LXVI. THE TRAVELERS. 336

CHAPTER LXVII. EXPLANATION. 341

CHAPTER LXVIII. THE WATER. 345

CHAPTER LXIX. FLIGHT. 350

CHAPTER LXX. TRANSFIGURATION. 356

CHAPTER LXXI. THE TWO BROTHERS. 360

CHAPTER LXXII. THE EXPEDITION. 366

CHAPTER LXXIII. PAUL-EMILE. 371

CHAPTER LXXIV. ONE OF THE SOUVENIRS OF THE DUC D'ANJOU. 377

CHAPTER LXXV. HOW AURILLY EXECUTED THE COMMISSION OF THE DUC D'ANJOU. 387

CHAPTER LXXVI. THE JOURNEY. 396

CHAPTER LXXVII. HOW KING HENRI III. DID NOT INVITE CRILLON TO BREAKFAST, AND HOW CHICOT INVITED HIMSELF. 400

CHAPTER LXXVIII. HOW, AFTER RECEIVING NEWS FROM THE SOUTH, HENRI RECEIVED NEWS FROM THE NORTH. 411