Louise
de la Vallière
By
Alexandre
Dumas père
Ref: Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org.
CONTENTS:
Introduction: 4
Chapter
I: Malaga. 7
Chapter
II: A Letter from M. Baisemeaux. 20
Chapter
III: In Which the Reader will be Delighted to Find that Porthos Has Lost
Nothing of His Muscularity. 23
Chapter
IV: The Rat and the Cheese. 42
Chapter
V: Planchet's Country-House. 48
Chapter
VI: Showing What Could Be Seen from Planchet's House. 52
Chapter
VII: How Porthos, Trüchen, and Planchet Parted with Each Other on Friendly
Terms, Thanks to D'Artagnan. 57
Chapter
VIII: The Presentation of Porthos at Court. 61
Chapter
IX: Explanations. 65
Chapter
X: Madame and De Guiche. 73
Chapter
XI: Montalais and Malicorne. 80
Chapter
XII: How De Wardes Was Received at Court. 88
Chapter
XIII: The Combat. 99
Chapter
XIV: The King's Supper. 108
Chapter
XV: After Supper. 113
Chapter
XVI: Showing in What Way D'Artagnan Discharged the Mission with Which the King
Had Intrusted Him. 118
Chapter
XVII: The Encounter. 126
Chapter
XVIII: The Physician. 131
Chapter
XIX: Wherein D'Artagnan Perceives that It Was He Who Was Mistaken, and Manicamp
Who Was Right. 137
Chapter
XX: Showing the Advantage of Having Two Strings to One's Bow. 143
Chapter
XXI: M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of France. 154
Chapter
XXII: The Journey. 157
Chapter
XXIII: Triumfeminate. 163
Chapter
XXIV: The First Quarrel. 169
Chapter
XXV: Despair. 177
Chapter
XXVI: The Flight. 181
Chapter
XXVII: Showing How Louis, on His Part, Had Passed the Time from Ten to
Half-Past Twelve at Night. 186
Chapter
XXVIII: The Ambassadors. 191
Chapter
XXIX: Chaillot. 198
Chapter
XXX: Madame. 206
Chapter
XXXI: Mademoiselle de la Vallière's Pocket -Handkerchief. 213
Chapter
XXXII: Which Treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor. 217
Chapter
XXXIII: Which Treats of Carpentry Operations, and Furnishes Details upon the
Mode of Constructing Staircases. 224
Chapter
XXXIV: The Promenade by Torchlight. 232
Chapter
XXXV: The Apparition. 240
Chapter
XXXVI: The Portrait. 248
Chapter
XXXVII: Hampton Court. 254
Chapter
XXXVIII: The Courier from Madame. 265
Chapter
XXXIX: Saint-Aignan Follows Malicorne's Advice. 275
Chapter
XL: Two Old Friends. 279
Chapter
XLI: Wherein May Be Seen that a Bargain Which Cannot Be Made with One Person,
Can Be Carried Out with Another. 294
Chapter
XLII: The Skin of the Bear. 304
Chapter
XLIII: An Interview with the Queen-Mother. 310
Chapter
XLIV: Two Friends. 319
Chapter
XLV: How Jean de La Fontaine Came to Write His First Tale. 326
Chapter
XLVI: La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator. 330
Chapter
XLVII: Madame de Bellière's Plate and Diamonds. 338
Chapter
XLVIII: M. de Mazarin's Receipt.