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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Introductory Note
  4. Dramatis Personae
  5. The Vicomte de Bragelonne
    1. Part I: The Vicomte de Braggelone
      1. 1: The Letter
      2. 2: The Messenger
      3. 3: The Interview
      4. 4: Father and Son
      5. 5: In Which Something Will Be Said of Cropoli—Of Cropoli and of a Great Unknown Painter
      6. 6: The Unknown
      7. 7: Parry
      8. 8: What His Majesty King Louis XIV Was at the Age of Twenty-Two
      9. 9: In Which the Unknown of the Hostelry of Les Medici Loses His Incognito
      10. 10: The Arithmetic of M. de Mazarin
      11. 11: Mazarin’s Policy
      12. 12: The King and the Lieutenant
      13. 13: Marie de Mancini
      14. 14: In Which the King and the Lieutenant Each Give Proofs of Memory
      15. 15: The Proscribed
      16. 16: “Remember!”
      17. 17: In Which Aramis Is Sought, and Only Bazin Is Found
      18. 18: In Which d’Artagnan Seeks Porthos, and Only Finds Mousqueton
      19. 19: What d’Artagnan Went to Paris For
      20. 20: Of the Society Which Was Formed in the Rue des Lombards, at the Sign of the Pilon d’Or, to Carry Out the Idea of M. d’Artagnan
      21. 21: In Which d’Artagnan Prepares to Travel for the House of Planchet and Company
      22. 22: D’Artagnan Travels for the House of Planchet and Company
      23. 23: In Which the Author, Very Unwillingly, Is Forced to Write a Little History
      24. 24: The Treasure
      25. 25: The Marsh
      26. 26: Heart and Mind
      27. 27: The Next Day
      28. 28: Smuggling
      29. 29: In Which d’Artagnan Begins to Fear He Has Placed His Money and That of Planchet in the Sinking Fund
      30. 30: The Shares of Planchet and Company Rise Again to Par
      31. 31: Monck Reveals Himself
      32. 32: Athos and d’Artagnan Meet Once More at the Hostelry of the Corne du Cerf
      33. 33: The Audience
      34. 34: Of the Embarrassment of Riches
      35. 35: On the Canal
      36. 36: How d’Artagnan Drew, as a Fairy Would Have Done, a Country-Seat from a Deal Box
      37. 37: How d’Artagnan Regulated the “Assets” of the Company Before He Established Its “Liabilities”
      38. 38: In Which It Is Seen That the French Grocer Had Already Been Established in the Seventeenth Century
      39. 39: Mazarin’s Gaming Party
      40. 40: An Affair of State
      41. 41: The Recital
      42. 42: In Which Mazarin Becomes Prodigal
      43. 43: Guénaud
      44. 44: Colbert
      45. 45: Confession of a Man of Wealth
      46. 46: The Donation
      47. 47: How Anne of Austria Gave One Piece of Advice to Louis XIV, and How M. Foquet Gave Him Another
      48. 48: Agony
      49. 49: The First Appearance of Colbert
      50. 50: The First Day of the Royalty of Louis XIV
      51. 51: A Passion
      52. 52: D’Artagnan’s Lesson
      53. 53: The King
      54. 54: The Houses of M. Fouquet
      55. 55: The Abbé Fouquet
      56. 56: M. de La Fontaine’s Wine
      57. 57: The Gallery of Saint-Mandé
      58. 58: Epicureans
      59. 59: A Quarter of an Hour’s Delay
      60. 60: Plan of Battle
      61. 61: The Cabaret of the Image-de-Notre-Dame
      62. 62: Vive Colbert!
      63. 63: How M. d’Eymeris’s Diamond Passed Into the Hands of M. d’Artagnan
      64. 64: On the Notable Difference d’Artagnan Finds Between Monsieur the Intendant and Monsieur the Superintendent
      65. 65: Philosophy of the Heart and Mind
      66. 66: The Journey
      67. 67: How d’Artagnan Became Acquainted with a Poet, Who Had Turned Printer for the Sake of Printing His Own Verses
      68. 68: d’Artagnan Continues His Investigations
      69. 69: In Which the Reader, No Doubt, Will Be as Astonished as d’Artagnan Was to Meet an Old Acquaintance
      70. 70: Wherein the Ideas of d’Artagnan, at First Strangely Clouded, Begin to Clear Up a Little
      71. 71: A Procession at Vannes
      72. 72: The Grandeur of the Bishop of Vannes
      73. 73: In Which Porthos Begins to Be Sorry for Having Come with d’Artagnan
      74. 74: In Which d’Artagnan Makes All Speed, Porthos Snores, and Aramis Counsels
      75. 75: In Which Monsieur Fouquet Acts
      76. 76: In Which d’Artagnan at Last Places His Hand Upon His Captain’s Commission
      77. 77: A Lover and His Mistress
      78. 78: In Which We at Length See the True Heroine of This History Appear
      79. 79: Malicorne and Manicamp
      80. 80: Manicamp and Malicorne
      81. 81: The Courtyard of the Hôtel Grammont
      82. 82: The Portrait of Madame
      83. 83: Le Havre
      84. 84: At Sea
      85. 85: The Tents
      86. 86: Night
      87. 87: From Le Havre to Paris
      88. 88: An Account of What the Chevalier de Lorraine Thought of Madame
      89. 89: The Surprise of Madame de Montalais
      90. 90: The Consent of Athos
      91. 91: Monsieur Becomes Jealous of the Duke of Buckingham
      92. 92: Forever!
    2. Part II: Louise de La Vallière
      1. 93: King Louis XIV Does Not Think Mademoiselle de La Vallière Either Rich Enough or Pretty Enough for a Gentleman of the Rank of the Vicomte de Bragelonne
      2. 94: Sword-Thrusts in the Water
      3. 95: Sword-Thrusts in the Water (Concluded)
      4. 96: Baisemeaux de Montlezun
      5. 97: The King’s Card-Table
      6. 98: M. Baisemeaux de Montlezun’s Accounts
      7. 99: The Breakfast at Monsieur de Baisemeaux’s
      8. 100: The Second Floor of La Bertaudière
      9. 101: The Two Friends
      10. 102: Madame de Bellière’s Plate
      11. 103: The Dowry
      12. 104: Le Terrain de Dieu
      13. 105: Threefold Love
      14. 106: M. de Lorraine’s Jealousy
      15. 107: Monsieur Is Jealous of Guiche
      16. 108: The Mediator
      17. 109: The Advisers
      18. 110: Fontainebleau
      19. 111: The Bath
      20. 112: The Butterfly-Chase
      21. 113: What Was Caught After the Butterflies
      22. 114: The Ballet of the Seasons
      23. 115: The Nymphs of the Park of Fontainebleau
      24. 116: What Was Said Under the Royal Oak
      25. 117: The King’s Uneasiness
      26. 118: The King’s Secret
      27. 119: Courses de Nuit
      28. 120: In Which Madame Acquires a Proof That Listeners Hear What Is Said
      29. 121: Aramis’s Correspondence
      30. 122: The Orderly Clerk
      31. 123: Fontainebleau at Two O’Clock in the Morning
      32. 124: The Labyrinth
      33. 125: How Malicorne Had Been Turned Out of the Hotel of the Beau Paon
      34. 126: What Actually Occurred at the Inn Called the Beau Paon
      35. 127: A Jesuit of the Eleventh Year
      36. 128: The State Secret
      37. 129: A Mission
      38. 130: Happy as a Prince
      39. 131: Story of a Dryad and a Naiad
      40. 132: Conclusion of the Story of a Naiad and of a Dryad
      41. 133: Royal Psychology
      42. 134: Something That Neither Naiad nor Dryad Foresaw
      43. 135: The New General of the Jesuits
      44. 136: The Storm
      45. 137: The Shower of Rain
      46. 138: Toby
      47. 139: Madame’s Four Chances
      48. 140: The Lottery
      49. 141: Malaga
      50. 142: A Letter from M. Baisemeaux
      51. 143: In Which the Reader Will Be Delighted to Find That Porthos Has Lost Nothing of His Strength
      52. 144: The Rat and the Cheese
      53. 145: Planchet’s Country-House
      54. 146: Showing What Could Be Seen from Planchet’s House
      55. 147: How Porthos, Trüchen, and Planchet Parted with Each Other on Friendly Terms, Thanks to d’Artagnan
      56. 148: The Presentation of Porthos at Court
      57. 149: Explanations
      58. 150: Madame and de Guiche
      59. 151: Montalais and Malicorne
      60. 152: How de Wardes Was Received at Court
      61. 153: The Combat
      62. 154: The King’s Supper
      63. 155: After Supper
      64. 156: Showing in What Way d’Artagnan Discharged the Mission with Which the King Had Entrusted Him
      65. 157: The Encounter
      66. 158: The Physician
      67. 159: Wherein d’Artagnan Perceives That It Was He Who Was Mistaken, and Manicamp Who Was Right
      68. 160: Showing the Advantage of Having Two Strings to One’s Bow
      69. 161: M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of France
      70. 162: The Journey
      71. 163: Triumfeminate
      72. 164: The First Quarrel
      73. 165: Despair
      74. 166: The Flight
      75. 167: Showing How Louis, on His Part, Had Passed the Time from Ten to Half-Past Twelve at Night
      76. 168: The Ambassadors
      77. 169: Chaillot
      78. 170: Madame
      79. 171: Mademoiselle de La Vallière’s Pocket-Handkerchief
      80. 172: Which Treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor
      81. 173: Which Treats of Carpentry Operations, and Furnishes Details Upon the Mode of Constructing Staircases
      82. 174: The Promenade by Torchlight
      83. 175: The Apparition
      84. 176: The Portrait
      85. 177: Hampton Court
      86. 178: The Courier from Madame
      87. 179: Saint-Aignan Follows Malicorne’s Advice
    3. Part III: The Man in the Iron Mask
      1. 180: Two Old Friends
      2. 181: Wherein May Be Seen That a Bargain Which Cannot Be Made with One Person, Can Be Carried Out with Another
      3. 182: The Skin of the Bear
      4. 183: An Interview with the Queen-Mother
      5. 184: Two Friends
      6. 185: How Jean de La Fontaine Came to Write His First Tale
      7. 186: La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator
      8. 187: Madame de Bellière’s Plate and Diamonds
      9. 188: M. de Mazarin’s Receipt
      10. 189: Monsieur Colbert’s Rough Draft
      11. 190: In Which the Author Thinks It Is High Time to Return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne
      12. 191: Bragelonne Continues His Inquiries
      13. 192: Two Jealousies
      14. 193: A Domiciliary Visit
      15. 194: Porthos’s Plan of Action
      16. 195: The Change of Residence, the Trapdoor, and the Portrait
      17. 196: Rivals in Politics
      18. 197: Rivals in Love
      19. 198: King and Noble
      20. 199: After the Storm
      21. 200: Heu! Miser!
      22. 201: Wounds Within Wounds
      23. 202: What Raoul Had Guessed
      24. 203: Three Guests Astonished to Find Themselves at Supper Together
      25. 204: What Took Place at the Louvre During the Supper at the Bastille
      26. 205: Political Rivals
      27. 206: In Which Porthos Is Convinced Without Having Understood Anything
      28. 207: M. de Baisemeaux’s “Society”
      29. 208: The Prisoner
      30. 209: How Mouston Had Become Fatter Without Giving Porthos Notice Thereof, and of the Troubles Which Consequently Befell That Worthy Gentleman
      31. 210: Who Messire Jean Percerin Was
      32. 211: The Patterns
      33. 212: Where, Probably, Molière Obtained His First Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme
      34. 213: The Beehive, the Bees, and the Honey
      35. 214: Another Supper at the Bastille
      36. 215: The General of the Order
      37. 216: The Tempter
      38. 217: Crown and Tiara
      39. 218: The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
      40. 219: The Wine of Melun
      41. 220: Nectar and Ambrosia
      42. 221: A Gascon, and a Gascon and a Half
      43. 222: Colbert
      44. 223: Jealousy
      45. 224: High Treason
      46. 225: A Night at the Bastille
      47. 226: The Shadow of M. Fouquet
      48. 227: The Morning
      49. 228: The King’s Friend
      50. 229: Showing How the Countersign Was Respected at the Bastille
      51. 230: The King’s Gratitude
      52. 231: The False King
      53. 232: In Which Porthos Thinks He Is Pursuing a Duchy
      54. 233: The Last Adieux
      55. 234: Monsieur de Beaufort
      56. 235: Preparations for Departure
      57. 236: The Inventory of Planchet
      58. 237: The Inventory of M. de Beaufort
      59. 238: The Silver Dish
      60. 239: Captive and Jailers
      61. 240: Promises
      62. 241: Among Women
      63. 242: The Last Supper
      64. 243: In M. Colbert’s Carriage
      65. 244: The Two Lighters
      66. 245: Friendly Advice
      67. 246: How the King, Louis XIV, Played His Little Part
      68. 247: The White Horse and the Black Horse
      69. 248: In Which the Squirrel Falls—In Which the Adder Flies
      70. 249: Belle-Île-en-Mer
      71. 250: Explanations by Aramis
      72. 251: Result of the Ideas of the King, and the Ideas of d’Artagnan
      73. 252: The Ancestors of Porthos
      74. 253: The Son of Biscarrat
      75. 254: The Grotto of Locmaria
      76. 255: The Grotto
      77. 256: An Homeric Song
      78. 257: The Death of a Titan
      79. 258: The Epitaph of Porthos
      80. 259: The Round of M. de Gesvres
      81. 260: King Louis XIV
      82. 261: The Friends of M. Fouquet
      83. 262: Porthos’s Will
      84. 263: The Old Age of Athos
      85. 264: The Vision of Athos
      86. 265: The Angel of Death
      87. 266: The Bulletin
      88. 267: The Last Canto of the Poem
      89. Epilogue
      90. The Death of d’Artagnan
  6. Endnotes
  7. Colophon
  8. Uncopyright

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