The Vicomte de Bragelonne - Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three - Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"

Alexandre Dumas Père

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Title: The Vicomte de Bragelonne
Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three
Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Release Date: August 7, 2006 [EBook #18997]
Language: English
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Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org))HARDLY HAD THE LADDER BEEN PROPERLY PLACED THAN THE
KING BEGAN TO ASCEND.—Page 155.
THE WORKS
OF
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE
OR
TEN YEARS LATER
BEING THE COMPLETION OF
"THE THREE MUSKETEERS" AND "TWENTY YEARS
AFTER"
PART II
Copiously Illustrated with elegant Pen and Ink and Wood Engravings,
specially drawn for this edition by eminent French and American Artists.
COMPLETE IN NINE VOLUMES
VOLUME FOUR
NEW YORK
PETER FENELON COLLIER, PUBLISHER.
1893CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.—Showing what neither the Naiad nor Dryad had anticipated
CHAPTER II.—The new General of the Jesuits
CHAPTER III.—The Storm
CHAPTER IV.—The Shower of Rain
CHAPTER V.—Toby
CHAPTER VI.—Madame's four Chances
CHAPTER VII.—The Lottery
CHAPTER VIII.—Malaga
CHAPTER IX.—A Letter from M. de Baisemeaux
CHAPTER X.—In which the Reader will be delighted to find that Porthos
has lost nothing of his Strength
CHAPTER XI.—The Rat and the Cheese
CHAPTER XII.—Planchet's Country-House
CHAPTER XIII.—Showing what could be seen from Planchet's House
CHAPTER XIV.—How Porthos, Trüchen, and Planchet parted with each
other on friendly terms, thanks to D'Artagnan
CHAPTER XV.—The Presentation of Porthos at Court
CHAPTER XVI.—Explanations
CHAPTER XVII.—Madame and Guiche
CHAPTER XVIII.—Montalais and Malicorne
CHAPTER XIX.—How De Wardes was received at Court
CHAPTER XX.—The Combat
CHAPTER XXI.—The King's Supper
CHAPTER XXII.—After Supper
CHAPTER XXIII.—Showing in what way D'Artagnan discharged the
Mission with which the King had intrusted him
CHAPTER XXIV.—The Encounter
CHAPTER XXV.—The Physician
CHAPTER XXVI.—Wherein D'Artagnan perceives that it was he who was
mistaken, and Manicamp who was right
CHAPTER XXVII.—Showing the advantage of having two Strings to one's
Bow
CHAPTER XXVIII.—M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of the Realm
of France
CHAPTER XXIX.—The Journey
CHAPTER XXX.—Triumfeminate
CHAPTER XXXI.—The First Quarrel
CHAPTER XXXII.—Despair
CHAPTER XXXIII.—The Flight
CHAPTER XXXIV.—Showing how Louis, on his side, had passed the time
from Ten to half-past Twelve at NightCHAPTER XXXV.—The Ambassadors
CHAPTER XXXVI.—Chaillot
CHAPTER XXXVII.—Madame
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—Mademoiselle de la Valliere's Pocket-Handkerchief
CHAPTER XXXIX.—Which treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of
Honor
CHAPTER XL.—Which treats of Carpentry Operations, and furnishes
Details upon the Mode of constructing Staircases
CHAPTER XLI.—The Promenade by Torchlight
CHAPTER XLII.—The Apparition
CHAPTER XLIII.—The Portrait
CHAPTER XLIV.—Hampton Court
CHAPTER XLV.—The Courier from Madame
CHAPTER XLVI.—Saint-Aignan follows Malicorne's Advice
CHAPTER XLVII.—Two Old Friends
CHAPTER XLVIII.— Wherein may be seen that a Bargain which cannot be
made with one Person, can be carried out with Another
CHAPTER XLIX.—The Skin of the Bear
CHAPTER L.—An Interview with the Queen-Mother
CHAPTER LI.—Two Friends
CHAPTER LII.—How Jean de la Fontaine wrote his first Tale
CHAPTER LIII.—La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator
CHAPTER LIV.—Madame de Belliere's Plate and Diamonds
CHAPTER LV.—M. de Mazarin's Receipt
CHAPTER LVI.—Monsieur Colbert's rough Draft
CHAPTER LVII.—In which the Author thinks it is now time to return to the
Vicomte de Bragelonne
CHAPTER LVIII.—Bragelonne continues his Inquiries
CHAPTER LIX.—Two Jealousies
CHAPTER LX.—A Domiciliary Visit
CHAPTER LXI.—Porthos' Plan of Action
CHAPTER LXII.—The Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the
Portrait
CHAPTER LXIII.—Rival Politics
CHAPTER LXIV.—Rival Affections
CHAPTER LXV.—King and Nobility
CHAPTER LXVI.—After the Storm
CHAPTER LXVII.—Heu! Miser!
CHAPTER LXVIII.— Wounds upon Wounds
CHAPTER LXIX.—What Raoul had Guessed
CHAPTER LXX.—Three Guests astonished to find themselves at Supper
together
CHAPTER LXXI.—What took place at the Louvre during the Supper at theBastille
CHAPTER LXXII.—Political Rivals
CHAPTER LXXIII.—In which Porthos is convinced without having
understood anything
CHAPTER LXXIV.—M. de Baisemeaux's "Society"
CHAPTER LXXV.—The Prisoner
CHAPTER LXXVI.—How Mouston had become fatter without giving
Porthos notice thereof, and of the Troubles which consequently befell that
worthy Gentleman
CHAPTER LXXVII.—Who Messire John Percerin was
CHAPTER LXXVIII.—The Patterns
CHAPTER LXXIX.—Where, probably, Moliere formed his first Idea of the
Bourgeois Gentilhomme
CHAPTER LXXX.—The Beehive, the Bees, and the Honey
CHAPTER LXXXI.—Another Supper at the Bastille
CHAPTER LXXXII.—The General of the Order
CHAPTER LXXXIII.—The Tempter
CHAPTER LXXXIV.—Crown and Tiara
CHAPTER LXXXV.—The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
CHAPTER LXXXVI.—The Wine of Melun
CHAPTER LXXXVII.—Nectar and Ambrosia
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.—A Gascon, and a Gascon and a half
CHAPTER LXXXIX.—Colbert
CHAPTER XC.—Jealousy
CHAPTER XCI.—High Treason
CHAPTER XCII.—A Night at the Bastille
CHAPTER XCIII.—The Shadow of M. Fouquet
CHAPTER XCIV.—The Morning
CHAPTER XCV.—The King's Friend
CHAPTER XCVI.—Showing how the Countersign was respected at the
Bastille
CHAPTER XCVII.—The King's Gratitude
CHAPTER XCVIII.—The False King
CHAPTER XCIX.—In which Porthos thinks he is pursuing a Duchy
CHAPTER C.—The Last Adieux
CHAPTER CI.—Monsieur de Beaufort
CHAPTER CII.—Preparations for Departure
CHAPTER CIII.—Planchet's Inventory
CHAPTER CIV.—The Inventory of M. de Beaufort
CHAPTER CV.—The Silver Dish
CHAPTER CVI.—Captive and Jailers
CHAPTER CVII.—Promises
CHAPTER CVIII.—Among WomenCHAPTER CIX.—The Last Supper
CHAPTER CX.—In the Carriage of M. Colbert
CHAPTER CXI.—The Two Lighters
CHAPTER CXII.—Friendly Advice
CHAPTER CXIII.—How the King, Louis XIV., played his little Part
CHAPTER CXIV.—The White Horse and the Black Horse
CHAPTER CXV.—In which the Squirrel falls--in which the Adder flies
CHAPTER CXVI.—Belle-Isle-en-Mer
CHAPTER CXVII.—The Explanations of Aramis
CHAPTER CXVIII.—Result of the Ideas of the King, and the Ideas of
D'Artagnan
CHAPTER CXIX.—The Ancestors of Porthos
CHAPTER CXX.—The Son of Biscarrat
CHAPTER CXXI.—The Grotto of Locmaria
CHAPTER CXXII.—The Grotto
CHAPTER CXXIII.—An Homeric Song
CHAPTER CXXIV.—The Death of a Titan
CHAPTER CXXV.—The Epitaph of Porthos
CHAPTER CXXVI.—The Round of M. de Gesvres
CHAPTER CXXVII.—King Louis XIV.
CHAPTER CXXVIII.—The Friends of M. Fouquet
CHAPTER CXXIX.—Porthos' Will
CHAPTER CXXX.—The Old Age of Athos
CHAPTER CXXXI.—The Vision of Athos
CHAPTER CXXXII.—The Angel of Death
CHAPTER CXXXIII.—The Bulletin
CHAPTER CXXXIV.—The last Canto of the Poem

EPILOGUE.
The Death of D'Artagnan
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I.—Frontispiece.—Hardly had the ladder been properly placed
than the king began to ascend.
II.—As the rain dripped more and more through the foliage of the oak,
the king held his hat over the head of the young girl.
III.—D'Artagnan, reclining upon an immense straight-backed chair,
with
his legs not stretched out, but simply placed upon a stool, formed anangle of the most obtuse form that could possibly be seen.
IV.—De Guiche turned round also, and, at the moment the horse was
quiet
again, he fired, and the ball carried off De Wardes' hat from his head.
V.—Athos broke his sword across his knee, slowly placed the two
pieces
upon the floor, and saluting the king, who was almost choking from
rage
and shame, he quitted the cabinet.
VI.—Raoul, presenting his pistol, threw himself on the leader,
commanding the coachman to stop.
VII.—Aramis saw that the young man was stretched upon his bed, his
face
half-concealed by his arms.
VIII.—"You will look through the opening, which answers to one of the
false windows made in the dome of the king's apartment. Can you
see?"
IX.—"What is this, monsieur, and what is the meaning of this jest?" "It
is no jest," replied in a deep voice the masked figure that held the
lantern.
X.—The king entered into the cell without pronouncing a single word:
he
was pale and haggard.
XI.—They saw, by the red