by Alexandre Dumas

Name: Twenty Years After — Chapter 23. One of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufort
Author: by Alexandre Dumas

Twenty Years After — Chapter 23… (1845)

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“Twenty Years After — Chapter 23. One of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufort”, published in 1845, is a work by by Alexandre Dumas. It explores elements such as La Ramee, Grimaud and duke.

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 23… (1845)

“ It is true that on coming to himself he found that he was still within four walls; he saw La Ramee twirling his thumbs ten feet from him, and his guards laughing and drinking in the ante-chamber. The only thing that was pleasant to him in that odious tableau - such is the instability of the human mind - was the sullen face of Grimaud, for whom he had at first conceived such a hatred and who now was all his hope. Grimaud seemed to him an Antinous. It is needless to say that this transformation was visible only to the prisoner's feverish imagination. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 23… (1845)

“ Whilst saying that to himself, Monsieur de Beaufort smiled pleasantly and imagined himself already outside, breathing the air of the plains and the forests, pressing a strong horse between his knees and crying out in a loud voice, "I am free!" ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 23… (1845)

“ The duke, in his turn, bowed, and an imperceptible smile appeared on the face of Grimaud, who kept behind La Ramee.
"My dear La Ramee," said the duke, "you are the only man to turn such faultless compliments." ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 23… (1845)

“ Let us suppose one thing," replied the duke "let us suppose, for instance, that my maitre d'hotel, Noirmont, has purchased the shop of Pere Marteau - - "
"Well?" said La Ramee, shuddering.
"Well, La Ramee, who is a gourmand, sees his pates, thinks them more attractive than those of Pere Marteau and proposes to me that I shall try them. I consent on condition that La Ramee tries them with me. That we may be more at our ease, La Ramee removes the guards, keeping only Grimaud to wait on us. Grimaud is the man whom a friend has sent to second me in everything. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 23… (1845)

“ I point one of the poniards at La Ramee's breast and I say to him, `My friend, I am sorry for it, but if thou stirrest, if thou utterest one cry, thou art a dead man!'"
The duke, in pronouncing these words, suited, as we have said, the action to the words. He was standing near the officer and he directed the point of the poniard in such a manner, close to La Ramee's heart, that there could be no doubt in the mind of that individual as to his determination. Meanwhile, Grimaud, still mute as ever, drew from the pie the other poniard, the rope ladder and the gag. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 23… (1845)

“ The duke vouchsafed no reply, but sitting down at the table made a sign that La Ramee should seat himself opposite. There is nothing so expressive as the face of an epicure who finds himself before a well spread table, so La Ramee, when receiving his plate of soup from Grimaud, presented a type of perfect bliss.
The duke smiled.
"Zounds!" he said; "I don't suppose there is a more contented man at this moment in all the kingdom than yourself!"
"You are right, my lord duke," answered the officer; "I don't know any pleasanter sight on earth than a well covered table ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 23… (1845)

“ In his escape alone, apart from his plans for the future, which, it must be admitted, were for the present sufficiently vague and uncertain, there was a beginning of vengeance which filled his heart. In the first place his escape would be a serious misfortune to Monsieur de Chavigny, whom he hated for the petty persecutions he owed to him. It would be a still worse affair for Mazarin, whom he execrated for the greater offences he had committed. ”

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