by Alexandre Dumas

Name: Twenty Years After — Chapter 83. Strength and Sagacity
Author: by Alexandre Dumas

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“Twenty Years After — Chapter 83. Strength and Sagacity”, published in 1845, is a work by by Alexandre Dumas. It explores elements such as D'Artagnan, Porthos and the Comte de la Fere.

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 83… (1845)

“ But listen, Porthos: though Monsieur Mordaunt was a man not to be despised, Mazarin is not less strong than he, and we shall not easily succeed in drowning him. We must, therefore, watch and play a close game; for," he added with a sigh, "we two are equal, perhaps, to eight others; but we are not equal to the four that you know of."
"That is true," said Porthos, echoing D'Artagnan's sigh.
"Well, Porthos, follow my examples; walk back and forth till some news of our friends reaches us or till we are visited by a good idea. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 83… (1845)

“ Have you gone mad, my dear friend?"
"What is the matter?" returned D'Artagnan; "we are saved!"
"I don't see that at all," answered Porthos. "I think we are all taken prisoners, except Aramis, and that our chances of getting out are lessened since one more of us is caught in Mazarin's mousetrap."
"Which is far too strong for two of us, but not strong enough for three of us," returned D'Artagnan.
"I don't understand," said Porthos.
"Never mind; let's sit down to table and take something to strengthen us for the night." ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 83… (1845)

“ Lack-a-day! if we only had some one to instruct us about the physical and moral topography of this castle. Ah! when one thinks that for twenty years, during which time I did not know what to do with myself, it never occurred to me to come to study Rueil."
"What difference does that make?" said Porthos. "We shall go out all the same."
"Do you know, my dear fellow, why master pastrycooks never work with their hands?"
"No," said Porthos, "but I should be glad to be informed."
"It is because in the presence of their pupils they fear that some of their tarts or creams may turn out badly cooked." ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 83… (1845)

“ When one is eating, ideas flow easily. After supper, when they are perfected, I will communicate my plans to you."
So Porthos sat down to table without another word and ate with an appetite that did honor to the confidence that was ever inspired in him by D'Artagnan's inventive imagination. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 83… (1845)

“ Now let us pass the orangery to the hunting lodge. At the extremity of the courtyard, where, close to a portico formed of Ionic columns, were the dog kennels, rose an oblong building, the pavilion of the orangery, a half circle, inclosing the court of honor. It was in this pavilion, on the ground floor, that D'Artagnan and Porthos were confined, suffering interminable hours of imprisonment in a manner suitable to each different temperament. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 83… (1845)

“ Yes, but before we can kill him - and he will be hard to kill, that Swiss - he will shriek out and the whole picket will come, and we shall be taken like foxes, we, who are lions, and thrown into some dungeon, where we shall not even have the consolation of seeing this frightful gray sky of Rueil, which no more resembles the sky of Tarbes than the moon is like the sun. ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 83… (1845)

“ D'Artagnan made a violent effort over himself to keep his face from being too expressive.
"Let the cardinal take care of going alone to visit the Comte de la Fere," said D'Artagnan; "for the count must be furious."
Comminges began to laugh. "Oh, oh! why, really, one would say that you four were anthropaphagi! The count is an affable man; besides, be is unarmed; at the first word from his eminence the two soldiers about him would run to his assistance." ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 83… (1845)

“ But don't sleep as you do all the time; nothing dulls the intellect like sleep. As to what may lie before us, it is perhaps less serious than we at first thought. I don't believe that Monsieur de Mazarin thinks of cutting off our heads, for heads are not taken off without previous trial; a trial would make a noise, and a noise would get the attention of our friends, who would check the operations of Monsieur de Mazarin."
"How well you reason!" said Porthos, admiringly.
"Well, yes, pretty well," replied D'Artagnan ”

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by Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After — Chapter 83… (1845)

“ Then he said aloud:
"You met him, I dare say, in the park - hunting, perhaps?"
"No; nearer, nearer still. Look, behind this wall," said De Comminges, knocking against the wall.
"Behind this wall? What is there, then, behind this wall? ”

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