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The Antechamber of M. De Treville

           ThusLouisXIIIhadareallikingforTrevillearoyalliking,aself-interestedliking,itistrue,butstillaliking.AtthatunhappyperioditwasanimportantconsiderationtobesurroundedbysuchmenasTreville.ManymighttakefortheirdevicetheepithetSTRONG,whichformedthesecondpartofhismotto,butveryfewgentlemencouldlayclaimtotheFAITHFUL,whichconstitutedthefirst.Trevillewasoneoftheselatter.Hiswasoneofthoserareorganizations,endowedwithanobedientintelligencelikethatofthedog;withablindvalor,aquickeye,andaprompthand;towhomsightappearedonlytobegiventoseeifthekingweredissatisfiedwithanyone,andthehandtostrikethisdispleasingpersonage,whetheraBesme,aMaurevers,aPoltiotdeMere,oraVitry.Inshort,uptothisperiodnothinghadbeenwantingtoTrevillebutopportunity;buthewaseveronthewatchforit,andhefaithfullypromisedhimselfthathewouldnotfailtoseizeitbyitsthreehairswheneveritcamewithinreachofhishand.AtlastLouisXIIImadeTrevillethecaptainofhisMusketeers,whoweretoLouisXIIIindevotedness,orratherinfanaticism,whathisOrdinarieshadbeentoHenryIII,andhisScotchGuardtoLouisXI.

           Onhispart,thecardinalwasnotbehindthekinginthisrespect.WhenhesawtheformidableandchosenbodywithwhichLouisXIIIhadsurroundedhimself,thissecond,orratherthisfirstkingofFrance,becamedesirousthathe,too,shouldhavehisguard.HehadhisMusketeerstherefore,asLouisXIIIhadhis,andthesetwopowerfulrivalsviedwitheachotherinprocuring,notonlyfromalltheprovincesofFrance,butevenfromallforeignstates,themostcelebratedswordsmen.ItwasnotuncommonforRichelieuandLouisXIIItodisputeovertheireveninggameofchessuponthemeritsoftheirservants.

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