by Alexandre Dumas

Name: The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44: The Utility of Stovepipes
Author: by Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44… (1844)

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“The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44: The Utility of Stovepipes”, published in 1844, is a work by by Alexandre Dumas. It explores elements such as Milady, fanatic and duke.

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by Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44… (1844)

“ You recollect perfectly all I have told you, do you not?"
"Your Eminence will judge: the ball of Madame the Constable; the night at the Louvre; the evening at Amiens; the arrest of Montague; the letter of Madame de Chevreuse."
"That's it," said the cardinal, "that's it. You have an excellent memory, Milady."
"But," resumed she to whom the cardinal addressed this flattering compliment, "if, in spite of all these reasons, the duke does not give way and continues to menace France?"
"The duke is in love to madness, or rather to folly," replied Richelieu, with great bitterness. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44… (1844)

“ Only I say that if I were named Madame de Montpensier, or the Queen Marie de Medicis, I should use less precautions than I take, being simply called Milady Clarik."
"That is just," said Richelieu. "What do you require, then?"
"I require an order which would ratify beforehand all that I should think proper to do for the greatest good of France."
"But in the first place, this woman I have described must be found who is desirous of avenging herself upon the duke."
"She is found," said Milady.
"Then the miserable fanatic must be found who will serve as an instrument of God's justice." ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44… (1844)

“ Ay, and observe--it just occurs to me that the Puritans are furious against Buckingham, and their preachers designate him as the Antichrist."
"Well?" said Milady.
"Well," continued the cardinal, in an indifferent tone, "the only thing to be sought for at this moment is some woman, handsome, young, and clever, who has cause of quarrel with the duke. The duke has had many affairs of gallantry; and if he has fostered his amours by promises of eternal constancy, he must likewise have sown the seeds of hatred by his eternal infidelities." ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44… (1844)

“ Then, if he persists, notwithstanding all this--as that is, as I have said, the limit of my mission--I shall have nothing to do but to pray God to work a miracle for the salvation of France. That is it, is it not, monseigneur, and I shall have nothing else to do?"
"That is it," replied the cardinal, dryly.
"And now," said Milady, without appearing to remark the change of the duke's tone toward her--"now that I have received the instructions of your Eminence as concerns your enemies, Monseigneur will permit me to say a few words to him of mine?"
"Have you enemies, then?" asked Richelieu. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44… (1844)

“ Why should not the king of France have the same chance as the emperor?"
"Your Eminence means, I presume, the knife stab in the Rue de la Feronnerie?"
"Precisely," said the cardinal.
"Does not your Eminence fear that the punishment inflicted upon Ravaillac may deter anyone who might entertain the idea of imitating him?"
"There will be, in all times and in all countries, particularly if religious divisions exist in those countries, fanatics who ask nothing better than to become martyrs. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44… (1844)

“ Athos, who had not lost a word of the conversation, took his two companions by the hand, and led them to the other end of the room.
"Well," said Porthos, "what do you want, and why do you not let us listen to the end of the conversation?"
"Hush!" said Athos, speaking in a low voice. "We have heard all it was necessary we should hear; besides, I don't prevent you from listening, but I must be gone."
"You must be gone!" said Porthos; "and if the cardinal asks for you, what answer can we make?"
"You will not wait till he asks ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers — Chapter 44… (1844)

“ That is to say, when you have received my instructions. Two men, whom you will find at the door on going out, will serve you as escort. You will allow me to leave first; then, after half an hour, you can go away in your turn. ”

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