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90 - Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas · Twenty Years After

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  Speaker 1: On going home, the two friends found a letter from Athos,
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  Speaker 1: who desired them to meet him at the Grand Charlemagne
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  Speaker 1: on the following day. The friends went to bed early,
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  Speaker 1: but neither of them slept when we arrived at the
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  Speaker 1: summit of our wishes. Success has usually the power to
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  Speaker 1: drive away sleep. On the first night after the fulfillment
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  Speaker 1: of long cherished hopes, the next day, at the appointed hour,
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  Speaker 1: they went to see Athos and found him and Aramis
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  Speaker 1: in traveling costume. What cried Porthos, Are we all going away? Then?
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  Speaker 1: I so have made my preparations this morning. Oh heavens yes,
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  Speaker 1: said Aramis. There's nothing to do in Paris. Now there's
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  Speaker 1: no frind. The Duchess de Longueville has invited me to
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  Speaker 1: pass a few days in Normandy, and has deputed me
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  Speaker 1: while her son is being baptized, to go and prepare
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  Speaker 1: her residence at Rouen, after which, if nothing new occurs,
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  Speaker 1: I shall go and bury myself in my contest at
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  Speaker 1: the noisy less sett And I said Athos, am returning
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  Speaker 1: to Bragelonne. You know, dear d'Artagnan, I am nothing more
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  Speaker 1: than a good, honest country gentleman. Raoul has no fortune
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  Speaker 1: other than I possess poor child, and I must take
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  Speaker 1: care of it for him, since I only lend him
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  Speaker 1: my name, and Raoul, what shall you do with him?
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  Speaker 1: I leave him with you, my friend. War has broken
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  Speaker 1: out in Flanders. You shall take him with you there.
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  Speaker 1: I am afraid that romaining at Blois would be dangerous
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  Speaker 1: to his youthful mind. Take him and teach him to
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  Speaker 1: be as brave and loyal as you are yourself. Though
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  Speaker 1: I shall not have you Athos at all offense, I
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  Speaker 1: shall have that dear fair head by me. And though
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  Speaker 1: he's but a boy, yet, since your soul lives again
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  Speaker 1: in him, dear Athos, I shall always fancy that you
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  Speaker 1: are near me, sustaining and encouraging me. The four friends
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  Speaker 1: embraced with tears in their eyes. Then they depart, without
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  Speaker 1: knowing whether they would ever see each other again. d'Artagnan
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  Speaker 1: returned to the rude Tiicton, with Porthos, still possessed by
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  Speaker 1: the wish to find out who the man was that
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  Speaker 1: he had killed. On arriving at the Hotel de Chevrette,
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  Speaker 1: they found the baron's equipage all ready, and Mousqueton on
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  Speaker 1: his saddle come d'Artagnan said, Porthos, bid adieu to your sword,
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  Speaker 1: and go with me to Pierre Fond, to Bracieux or
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  Speaker 1: to do Valence. We will grow old together and talk
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  Speaker 1: of our companions. No, replied d'Artagnan. Deuce, take it. The
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  Speaker 1: campaign is going to begin. I wish to be there.
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  Speaker 1: I expect to get something by it. What do you
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  Speaker 1: expect to get? Why? I expect to be made marechal
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  Speaker 1: of France. Ha ha, cried Porthos, who was not completely
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  Speaker 1: taken in by d'artagnan's gasconades. Come, my brother, go with me,
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  Speaker 1: did d'Artagnan, and I will see that you are made
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  Speaker 1: a duke. No, answered Porthos. Mouston has no desire to fight. Besides,
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  Speaker 1: they have erected a triumphal arc for me to enter
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  Speaker 1: my barony, which will kill my neighbors with envy. To
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  Speaker 1: that I can say nothing, returned d'Artagnan, who knew the
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  Speaker 1: vanity of the new baron. Then here's to our next
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  Speaker 1: merry meeting. Adieu, dear captain, said Porthos. I shall always
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  Speaker 1: be happy to welcome you to my barony. Yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: when the campaign is over, replied the gascon his honor's
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  Speaker 1: equipage is waiting, said Mousqueton. The two friends, after a
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  Speaker 1: cordial pressure of the hands, separated. d'Artagnan was standing at
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  Speaker 1: the door, looking after Porthos with a mournful gaze, when
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  Speaker 1: the baron, after walking scarcely more than twenty paces, returned,
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  Speaker 1: stood still, struck his forehead with his finger and exclaimed,
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  Speaker 1: I recollect what, inquired d'Artagnan. Who the beggar was that
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  Speaker 1: I killed? Ah? Indeed, and who was he? Twas that
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  Speaker 1: low fellow Bonacieux, and Porthos, enchanted at having relieved his mind,
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  Speaker 1: rejoined Mousqueton, and they disappeared around an angle of the street.
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  Speaker 1: d'Artagnan stood for an instant mute, ponsive and motionless. Then
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  Speaker 1: as he went in he saw the fair Madelein, his hostess,
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  Speaker 1: standing on the threshold. Madeleine said the gascon give me
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  Speaker 1: your apartment on the first floor. Now that I am
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  Speaker 1: a captain in the Royal Musketeers, I must make an appearance. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: reserve my old room on the fifth story for me.
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  Speaker 1: One never knows what may happen. End of Chapter ninety
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  Speaker 1: of Twenty Years After by Alexandre Duma