The Man in the Red Cloak

           ThedespairofAthoshadgivenplacetoaconcentratedgriefwhichonlyrenderedmorelucidthebrilliantmentalfacultiesofthatextraordinaryman.

           Possessedbyonesinglethoughtthatofthepromisehehadmade,andoftheresponsibilityhehadtakenheretiredlasttohischamber,beggedthehosttoprocurehimamapoftheprovince,bentoverit,examinedeverylinetraceduponit,perceivedthattherewerefourdifferentroadsfromBethunetoArmentieres,andsummonedthelackeys.

           Planchet,Grimaud,Bazin,andMousquetonpresentedthemselves,andreceivedclear,positive,andseriousordersfromAthos.

           Theymustsetoutthenextmorningatdaybreak,andgotoArmentiereseachbyadifferentroute.Planchet,themostintelligentofthefour,wastofollowthatbywhichthecarriagehadgoneuponwhichthefourfriendshadfired,andwhichwasaccompanied,asmayberemembered,byRochefort’sservant.

           Athossetthelackeystoworkfirstbecause,sincethesemenhadbeenintheserviceofhimselfandhisfriendshehaddiscoveredineachofthemdifferentandessentialqualities.Then,lackeyswhoaskquestionsinspirelessmistrustthanmasters,andmeetwithmoresympathyamongthosetowhomtheyaddressthemselves.Besides,Miladyknewthemasters,anddidnotknowthelackeys;onthecontrary,thelackeysknewMiladyperfectly.

           Allfourweretomeetthenextdayateleveno’clock.

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