Aramis and His Thesis

           D’ArtagnanhadsaidnothingtoPorthosofhiswoundorofhisprocurator’swife.OurBearnaiswasaprudentlad,howeveryounghemightbe.ConsequentlyhehadappearedtobelieveallthatthevaingloriousMusketeerhadtoldhim,convincedthatnofriendshipwillholdoutagainstasurprisedsecret.Besides,wefeelalwaysasortofmentalsuperiorityoverthosewhoselivesweknowbetterthantheysuppose.Inhisprojectsofintrigueforthefuture,anddeterminedashewastomakehisthreefriendstheinstrumentsofhisfortune,d’Artagnanwasnotsorryatgettingintohisgraspbeforehandtheinvisiblestringsbywhichhereckoneduponmovingthem.

           Andyet,ashejourneyedalong,aprofoundsadnessweigheduponhisheart.HethoughtofthatyoungandprettyMme.Bonacieuxwhowastohavepaidhimthepriceofhisdevotedness;butletushastentosaythatthissadnesspossessedtheyoungmanlessfromtheregretofthehappinesshehadmissed,thanfromthefearheentertainedthatsomeseriousmisfortunehadbefallenthepoorwoman.Forhimself,hehadnodoubtshewasavictimofthecardinal’svengeance;and,andaswaswellknown,thevengeanceofhisEminencewasterrible.Howhehadfoundgraceintheeyesoftheminister,hedidnotknow;butwithoutdoubtM.deCavoiswouldhaverevealedthistohimifthecaptainoftheGuardshadfoundhimathome.

           Nothingmakestimepassmorequicklyormoreshortensajourneythanathoughtwhichabsorbsinitselfallthefacultiesoftheorganizationofhimwhothinks.

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