Trial

           Itwasastormyanddarknight;vastcloudscoveredtheheavens,concealingthestars;themoonwouldnotrisetillmidnight.

           Occasionally,bythelightofaflashoflightningwhichgleamedalongthehorizon,theroadstretcheditselfbeforethem,whiteandsolitary;theflashextinct,allremainedindarkness.

           EveryminuteAthoswasforcedtorestraind’Artagnan,constantlyinadvanceofthelittletroop,andtobeghimtokeepintheline,whichinaninstantheagaindepartedfrom.Hehadbutonethoughttogoforward;andhewent.

           TheypassedinsilencethroughthelittlevillageofFestubert,wherethewoundedservantwas,andthenskirtedthewoodofRichebourg.AtHerlier,Planchet,wholedthecolumn,turnedtotheleft.

           SeveraltimesLorddeWinter,Porthos,orAramis,triedtotalkwiththemanintheredcloak;buttoeveryinterrogationwhichtheyputtohimhebowed,withoutresponse.Thetravelersthencomprehendedthattheremustbesomereasonwhytheunknownpreservedsuchasilence,andceasedtoaddressthemselvestohim.

           Thestormincreased,theflashessucceededoneanothermorerapidly,thethunderbegantogrowl,andthewind,theprecursorofahurricane,whistledintheplumesandthehairofthehorsemen.

           Thecavalcadetrottedonmoresharply.

           AlittlebeforetheycametoFromellesthestormburst.Theyspreadtheircloaks.Thereremainedthreeleaguestotravel,andtheydiditamidtorrentsofrain.

           D’Artagnantookoffhishat,andcouldnotbepersuadedtomakeuseofhiscloak.

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