Louise de la Valliere
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Dumas Alexandre. Louise de la Valliere
Introduction:
Chapter I. Malaga
Chapter II. A Letter from M. Baisemeaux
Chapter III. In Which the Reader will be Delighted to Find that Porthos Has Lost Nothing of His Muscularity
Chapter IV. The Rat and the Cheese
Chapter V. Planchet’s Country-House
Chapter VI. Showing What Could Be Seen from Planchet’s House
Chapter VII. How Porthos, Truchen, and Planchet Parted with Each Other on Friendly Terms, Thanks to D’Artagnan
Chapter VIII. The Presentation of Porthos at Court
Chapter IX. Explanations
Chapter X. Madame and De Guiche
Chapter XI. Montalais and Malicorne
Chapter XII. How De Wardes Was Received at Court
Chapter XIII. The Combat
Chapter XIV. The King’s Supper
Chapter XV. After Supper
Chapter XVI. Showing in What Way D’Artagnan Discharged the Mission with Which the King Had Intrusted Him
Chapter XVII. The Encounter
Chapter XVIII. The Physician
Chapter XIX. Wherein D’Artagnan Perceives that It Was He Who Was Mistaken, and Manicamp Who Was Right
Chapter XX. Showing the Advantage of Having Two Strings to One’s Bow
Chapter XXI. M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of France
Chapter XXII. The Journey
Chapter XXIII. Triumfeminate
Chapter XXIV. The First Quarrel
Chapter XXV. Despair
Chapter XXVI. The Flight
Chapter XXVII. Showing How Louis, on His Part, Had Passed the Time from Ten to Half-Past Twelve at Night
Chapter XXVIII. The Ambassadors
Chapter XXIX. Chaillot
Chapter XXX. Madame
Chapter XXXI. Mademoiselle de la Valliere’s Pocket-Handkerchief
Chapter XXXII. Which Treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor
Chapter XXXIII. Which Treats of Carpentry Operations, and Furnishes Details upon the Mode of Constructing Staircases
Chapter XXXIV. The Promenade by Torchlight
Chapter XXXV. The Apparition
Chapter XXXVI. The Portrait
Chapter XXXVII. Hampton Court
Chapter XXXVIII. The Courier from Madame
Chapter XXXIX. Saint-Aignan Follows Malicorne’s Advice
Chapter XL: Two Old Friends
Chapter XLI. Wherein May Be Seen that a Bargain Which Cannot Be Made with One Person, Can Be Carried Out with Another
Chapter XLII. The Skin of the Bear
Chapter XLIII. An Interview with the Queen-Mother
Chapter XLIV. Two Friends
Chapter XLV. How Jean de La Fontaine Came to Write His First Tale
Chapter XLVI. La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator
Chapter XLVII. Madame de Belliere’s Plate and Diamonds
Chapter XLVIII. M. de Mazarin’s Receipt
Chapter XLIX. Monsieur Colbert’s Rough Draft
Chapter L: In Which the Author Thinks It Is High Time to Return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne
Chapter LI. Bragelonne Continues His Inquiries
Chapter LII. Two Jealousies
Chapter LIII. A Domiciliary Visit
Chapter LIV. Porthos’s Plan of Action
Chapter LV. The Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the Portrait
Chapter LVI. Rivals in Politics
Chapter LVII. Rivals in Love
Chapter LVIII. King and Noble
Chapter LIX. After the Storm
Chapter LX. Heu! Miser!
Chapter LXI. Wounds within Wounds
Chapter LXII. What Raoul Had Guessed
Chapter LXIII. Three Guests Astonished to Find Themselves at Supper Together
Chapter LXIV. What Took Place at the Louvre During the Supper at the Bastile
Chapter LXV. Political Rivals
Chapter LXVI. In Which Porthos Is Convinced without Having Understood Anything
Chapter LXVII. M. de Baisemeaux’s “Society.”
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During all these long and noisy debates between the opposite ambitions of politics and love, one of our characters, perhaps the one least deserving of neglect, was, however, very much neglected, very much forgotten, and exceedingly unhappy. In fact, D’Artagnan – D’Artagnan, we say, for we must call him by his name, to remind our readers of his existence – D’Artagnan, we repeat, had absolutely nothing whatever to do, amidst these brilliant butterflies of fashion. After following the king during two whole days at Fontainebleau, and critically observing the various pastoral fancies and heroi-comic transformations of his sovereign, the musketeer felt that he needed something more than this to satisfy the cravings of his nature. At every moment assailed by people asking him, “How do you think this costume suits me, Monsieur d’Artagnan?” he would reply to them in quiet, sarcastic tones, “Why, I think you are quite as well-dressed as the best-dressed monkey to be found in the fair at Saint-Laurent.” It was just such a compliment D’Artagnan would choose where he did not feel disposed to pay any other: and, whether agreeable or not, the inquirer was obliged to be satisfied with it. Whenever any one asked him, “How do you intend to dress yourself this evening?” he replied, “I shall undress myself;” at which the ladies all laughed, and a few of them blushed. But after a couple of days passed in this manner, the musketeer, perceiving that nothing serious was likely to arise which would concern him, and that the king had completely, or, at least, appeared to have completely forgotten Paris, Saint-Mande, and Belle-Isle – that M. Colbert’s mind was occupied with illuminations and fireworks – that for the next month, at least, the ladies had plenty of glances to bestow, and also to receive in exchange – D’Artagnan asked the king for leave of absence for a matter of private business. At the moment D’Artagnan made his request, his majesty was on the point of going to bed, quite exhausted from dancing.
“You wish to leave me, Monsieur d’Artagnan?” inquired the king, with an air of astonishment; for Louis XIV. could never understand why any one who had the distinguished honor of being near him could wish to leave him.
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“Only moderately, Planchet.”
“In that case you like town better?”
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