The three musketeers . d about the cardinals designs against Buckingham I yet communicating his intelligence with a degnof tranquillity and consistency by which M. de Trevi)was the more readily duped, inasmuch as he had hinself, as we have already said, remarked that somethirfresh was stirring between the cardinal, the king, arthe queen. Just as the clock was striking ten, DArtagnan aroand took leave of M. de Treville, who, after thankiihim for the information, and impressing on him ev<increased vigilance in the service of the king and tqueen, returned to his salon. But DArtagnan remembered
The three musketeers . d about the cardinals designs against Buckingham I yet communicating his intelligence with a degnof tranquillity and consistency by which M. de Trevi)was the more readily duped, inasmuch as he had hinself, as we have already said, remarked that somethirfresh was stirring between the cardinal, the king, arthe queen. Just as the clock was striking ten, DArtagnan aroand took leave of M. de Treville, who, after thankiihim for the information, and impressing on him ev<increased vigilance in the service of the king and tqueen, returned to his salon. But DArtagnan remembered at the bottom ofstairs, that he had left his cane behind ; he therefohastened up again, re-entered the cabinet, and with otouch of his finger put the clock to the right time,that it might not be seen the next day to have beAvrong; then, satisfied that he had an unimpeachalwitness to substantiate his alibi, the young, Gaso it[ la^ THE THREE MUSKETEERS. 139 jgain descended the stairs, and soon found himself inhe CHAPTER XI. r THE KNOT STILL MORE ENTANGLED.: |\^HEN his visit to M. de Treville was ended, DArtagnanook, in a thoughtful mood, a roundabout route But what were the meditations which thus led him outif his way, contemplating, with successive sigh andmile, the stars that glittered in the sky ? Alas! he was intent on Madame Bonancieux. To anmbryo musketeer, the charms of that young personkised her almost into an ideal. Pretty, mysterious, andlitiated into all the mysteries of the court, which re-ected so much charming seriousness over her seductivet^atures, she was supposed, also, to be not wholly un-inpassioned, which is an irresistible attraction to novicesii matters of the heart. He felt, moreover, that he hadelivered her from the hands of miscreants who wished3 maltreat her; and this important service had pre-ossessed her with a sentiment of gratitude toward might easily be made to take a character ofmderness. So rapidly do our dreams travel on
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