Part 31 (1/2)

”Oh, they will no longer bear s! And yet you feed them well, Mousqueton, apparently”

”Alas, yes! They can reproach h; ”I have always done what I could for hed afresh

”I wonder whether Mousqueton wants to be a baron, too, as he sighs after that fashi+on?” thought D'Artagnan

”Mon Dieu,hineur will be that you have thought of hinan, ”I am anxious to embrace him”

”Oh!” said Mousqueton, much affected, ”I shall certainly write to hinan, ”you rite to him?”

”This very day; I shall not delay it an hour”

”Is he not here, then?”

”No, monsieur”

”But is he near at hand?--is he far off?”

”Oh, can I tell, monsieur, can I tell?”

”Mordioux!” cried thewith his foot, ”I am unfortunate Porthos is such a stay-at-home!”

”Monsieur, there is not a neur, but--”

”But what?”

”When a friend presses you--”

”A friend?”

”Doubtless--the worthy M d'Herblay”

”What, has Ara happened, Monsieur d'Artagnan M d'Herblay wrote to neur--”

”Indeed!”

”A letter,letter that it threw us all into a bustle”