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Chapter XVIII. Grimaud begins his Functions. G rimaud thereupon presented himself with his smooth exterior at the donjon of Vincennes. Now Monsieur de Chavigny piqued himself on his infallible penetra...

CHAPTER LXXVI. To mercy, pity, peace, and love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight, Return their thankfulness. . . . . . . For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face; And L...

CHAPTER II It would be difficult to explain exactly what could have originated the idea of that senseless dinner in Katerina Ivanovna’s disordered brain. Nearly ten of the twenty roubles, given by Ras...

Chapter XVII. Duc de Beaufort amused his Leisure Hours in the Donjon of Vincennes. T he captive who was the source of so much alarm to the cardinal and whose means of escape disturbed the repose of th...

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Chapter XVI. The Duc de Beaufort. T he circumstances that had hastened the return of D’Artagnan to Paris were as follows: One evening, when Mazarin, according to custom, went to visit the queen, in pa...

The aroma of breakfast woke Yin Xigui. He opened his eyes groggily. Sunlight already streamed through a gap in the curtains, spilling a patch of radiance across the sheets. The pillow beside him was e...

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Chapter XV. Athos as a Diplomatist. D ’Artagnan retired to bed—not to sleep, but to think over all he had heard that evening. Being naturally goodhearted, and having had once a liking for Athos, which...

CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX IN WHICH HIS FORTUNE IS EFFECTUALLY STRANGLED. The last resource, and that upon which he least depended, was the advice and assistance of his old friend the empiric, with whom he sti...

Chapter XIV. The Castle of Bragelonne. W hilst this scene was going on, D’Artagnan remained with open mouth and a confused gaze. Everything had turned out so differently from what he expected that he ...

Chapter XIII. Two Angelic Faces. T he road was long, but the horses upon which D’Artagnan and Planchet rode had been refreshed in the well supplied stables of the Lord of Bracieux; the master and serv...

Chapter XII. Porthos was Discontented with his Condition. A s they returned toward the castle, D’Artagnan thought of the miseries of poor human nature, always dissatisfied with what it has, ever desir...

CHAPTER XXVI. He beats me and I rail at him: O worthy satisfaction! would it were otherwise—that I could beat him while he railed at me.— Troilus and Cressida . But Fred did not go to Stone Court the ...

CHAPTER III The Rajah and I had only been a few weeks in Kuching when he had to leave me and go on an expedition to the interior, and I was left alone in the Astana with a maid whom I had brought from...

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Chapter 10 Noah and I got together. To my surprise, my mom and Noah's dad weren't surprised at all. My mom's exact words were: "The way you've been clinging to that boy all this time—I knew you had ul...

Chapter XI. Wealth does not necessarily produce Happiness. D ’Artagnan passed through the iron gate and arrived in front of the château. He alighted as he saw a species of giant on the steps. Let us d...

CHAPTER II “And what if there has been a search already? What if I find them in my room?” But here was his room. Nothing and no one in it. No one had peeped in. Even Nastasya had not touched it. But h...

Chapter VII. The Sounding of the Call When Buck earned sixteen hundred dollars in five minutes for John Thornton, he made it possible for his master to pay off certain debts and to journey with his pa...

Chapter III. A Meeting With The Schoolboys “Thank goodness he did not ask me about Grushenka,” thought Alyosha, as he left his father’s house and turned towards Madame Hohlakov’s, “or I might have to ...

Chapter X. Monsieur Porthos du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds. T hanks to what Aramis had told him, D’Artagnan, who knew already that Porthos called himself Du Vallon, was now aware that he styled ...

CHAPTER IV His mother’s letter had been a torture to him, but as regards the chief fact in it, he had felt not one moment’s hesitation, even whilst he was reading the letter. The essential question wa...

Chapter IX. The Abbé D’Herblay. A t the extremity of the village Planchet turned to the left in obedience to the orders of Aramis, and stopped underneath the window which had light in it. Aramis aligh...

Chapter VIII. D’Artagnan, Going to a Distance to discover Aramis. O n entering the hotel D’Artagnan saw a man sitting in a corner by the fire. It was Planchet, but so completely transformed, thanks to...

Chapter VII. Touches upon the Strange Effects a Half-pistole may have. D ’Artagnan , as he crossed the Pont Neuf, congratulated himself on having found Planchet again, for at that time an intelligent ...

Chapter VI. D’Artagnan in his Fortieth Year. Y ears have elapsed, many events have happened, alas! since, in our romance of “The Three Musketeers,” we took leave of D’Artagnan at No. 12 Rue des Fossoy...

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Chapter V. The Gascon and the Italian. M eanwhile the cardinal returned to his own room; and after asking Bernouin, who stood at the door, whether anything had occurred during his absence, and being a...

Chapter IV. Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-six. W hen left alone with Bernouin, Mazarin was for some minutes lost in thought. He had gained much information, but not enough. Mazarin was a cheat a...

Chapter III. Dead Animosities. D ’Artagnan arrived at the Bastile just as it was striking half-past eight. His visit was announced to the governor, who, on hearing that he came from the cardinal, went...

Chapter II. A Nightly Patrol. I n ten minutes Mazarin and his party were traversing the street “Les Bons Enfants” behind the theatre built by Richelieu expressly for the play of “Mirame,” and in which...

The Selfish Giant. Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over th...

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LINKED INDEX OF PROJECT GUTENBERG VOLUMES: ORDER TITLE PG EBOOK# DATES VOLUME CHAPTERS 1 The Three Musketeers 1257 1625–1628 1 2 Twenty Years After 1259 1648–1649 2 3 The Vicomte de Bragelonne 2609 16...

VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN The Willow-Wren was twittering his thin little song, hidden himself in the dark selvedge of the river bank. Though it was past ten o’clock at night, the sky still c...

Chapter I. The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu. I n a splendid chamber of the Palais Royal, formerly styled the Palais Cardinal, a man was sitting in deep reverie, his head supported on his hands, leaning...

CONTENTS Chapter I. The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu. Chapter II. A Nightly Patrol. Chapter III. Dead Animosities. Chapter IV. Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-six. Chapter V. The Gascon and the Ita...