Chapter 104: Le Terrain de Dieu

TWENTY YEARS AFTER By Alexandre Dumas, Pere Second Volume of the d'Artagnan Series 1910 CONTENTS

1. The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu.

2. A Nightly Patrol.

3. Dead Animosities.

4. Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-six.

5. The Gascon and the Italian.

6. D'Artagnan in his Fortieth Year.

7. Touches upon the Strange Effects a Half-pistole may have.

8. D'Artagnan, Going to a Distance to discover Aramis.

9. The Abbe D'Herblay.

10. Monsieur Porthos du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds.

11. Wealth does not necessarily produce Happiness.

12. Porthos was Discontented with his Condition.

13. Two Angelic Faces.

14. The Castle of Bragelonne.

15. Athos as a Diplomatist.

16. The Duc de Beaufort.

17. Duc de Beaufort amused his Leisure Hours in the Donjon of Vincennes.

18. Grimaud begins his Functions.

19. Pates made by the Successor of Father Marteau are described.

20. One of Marie Michon's Adventures.

21. The Abbe Scarron.

22. Saint Denis.

23. One of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufort.

24. The timely Arrival of D'Artagnan in Paris.

25. An Adventure on the High Road.

26. The Rencontre.

27. The four old Friends prepare to meet again.

28. The Place Royale.

29. The Ferry across the Oise.

30. Skirmishing.

31. The Monk.

32. The Absolution.

33. Grimaud Speaks.

34. On the Eve of Battle.

35. A Dinner in the Old Style.

36. A Letter from Charles the First.

37. Cromwell's Letter.

38. Henrietta Maria and Mazarin.

39. How, sometimes, the Unhappy mistake Chance for Providence.

40. Uncle and Nephew.

41. Paternal Affection.

42. Another Queen in Want of Help.

43. In which it is proved that first Impulses are oftentimes the best.

44. Te Deum for the Victory of Lens.

45. The Beggar of St. Eustache.

46. The Tower of St. Jacques de la Boucherie.

47. The Riot.

48. The Riot becomes a Revolution.

49. Misfortune refreshes the Memory.

50. The Interview.

51. The Flight.

52. The Carriage of Monsieur le Coadjuteur.

53. How D'Artagnan and Porthos earned by selling Straw.

54. In which we hear Tidings of Aramis.

55. The Scotchman.

56. The Avenger.

57. Oliver Cromwell.

58. Jesus Seigneur.

59. Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.

60. Respect to Fallen Majesty.

61. D'Artagnan hits on a Plan.

62. London.

63. The Trial.

64. Whitehall.

65. The Workmen.

66. Remember!

67. The Man in the Mask.

68. Cromwell's House.

69. Conversational.

70. The Skiff "Lightning."

71. Port Wine.

72. End of the Port Wine Mystery.

73. Fatality.

74. How Mousqueton had a Narrow Escape of being eaten.

75. The Return.

76. The Ambassadors.

77. The three Lieutenants of the Generalissimo.

78. The Battle of Charenton.

79. The Road to Picardy.

80. The Gratitude of Anne of Austria.

81. Cardinal Mazarin as King.

82. Precautions.

83. Strength and Sagacity.

84. Strength and Sagacity--Continued.

85. The Oubliettes of Cardinal Mazarin.

86. Conferences.

87. Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D'Artagnan a Captain.

88. Shows how with Threat and Pen more is effected than by the Sword.

89. Difficult for Kings to return to the Capitals of their Kingdoms.

90. Conclusion.

THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE By Alexandre Dumas, Pere This Begins the Final Volume of the D'Artagnan Series CONTENTS

Original Transcriber's Note:

Chapter I. The Letter.

Chapter II. The Messenger.

Chapter III. The Interview.

Chapter IV. Father and Son.

Chapter V. In which Something will be said of Cropoli.

Chapter VI. The Unknown.

Chapter VII. Parry.

Chapter VIII. What his Majesty King Louis XIV. was at the Age of Twenty-Two.

Chapter IX. In which the Unknown of the Hostelry of Les Medici loses his Incognito.

Chapter X. The Arithmetic of M. de Mazarin.

Chapter XI. Mazarin's Policy.

Chapter XII. The King and the Lieutenant.

Chapter XIII. Mary de Mancini.

Chapter XIV. In which the King and the Lieutenant each give Proofs of Memory.

Chapter XV. The Proscribed.

Chapter XVI. "Remember!"

Chapter XVII. In which Aramis is sought, and only Bazin is found.

Chapter XVIII. In which D'Artagnan seeks Porthos, and only finds Mousqueton.

Chapter XIX. What D'Artagnan went to Paris for.

Chapter XX. Of the Society which was formed in the Rue des Lombards.

Chapter XXI. In which D'Artagnan prepares to travel.

Chapter XXII. D'Artagnan travels for the House of Planchet and Company.

Chapter XXIII. In which the Author is forced to write a Little History.

Chapter XXIV. The Treasure.

Chapter XXV. The Marsh.

Chapter XXVI. Heart and Mind.

Chapter XXVII. The Next Day.

Chapter XXVIII. Smuggling.

Chapter XXIX. Fear he has placed his Money and that of Planchet in the Sinking Fund.

Chapter XXX. The Shares of Planchet and Company rise again to Par.

Chapter XXXI. Monk reveals Himself.

Chapter XXXII. Athos and D'Artagnan meet once more at the Hostelry of the Corne du Cerf.

Chapter XXXIII. The Audience.

Chapter XXXIV. Of the Embarrassment of Riches.

Chapter XXXV. On the Canal.

Chapter XXXVI. How D'Artagnan drew a Country-Seat from a Deal Box.

Chapter XXXVII. How D'Artagnan regulated the "Assets" of the Company."

Chapter XXXVIII. the French Grocer had already been established in the Seventeenth Century.

Chapter XXXIX. Mazarin's Gaming Party.

Chapter XL: An Affair of State.

Chapter XLI. The Recital.

Chapter XLII. In which Mazarin becomes Prodigal.

Chapter XLIII. Guenaud.

Chapter XLIV. Colbert.

Chapter XLV. Confession of a Man of Wealth.

Chapter XLVI. The Donation.

Chapter XLVII. How Anne of Austria gave one Piece of Advice to Louis XIV.

Chapter XLVIII. Agony.

Chapter XLIX. The First Appearance of Colbert.

Chapter L: The First Day of the Royalty of Louis XIV.

Chapter LI. A Passion.

Chapter LII. D'Artagnan's Lesson.

Chapter LIII. The King.

Chapter LIV. The Houses of M. Fouquet.

Chapter LV. The Abbe Fouquet.

Chapter LVI. M. de la Fontaine's Wine.

Chapter LVII. The Gallery of Saint-Mande.

Chapter LVIII. Epicureans.

Chapter LIX. A Quarter of an Hour's Delay.

Chapter LX. Plan of Battle.

Chapter LXI. The Cabaret of the Image-de-Notre-Dame.

Chapter LXII. Vive Colbert!

Chapter LXIII. How M. d'Eymeris's Diamond passed into the Hands of M. d'Artagnan.

Chapter LXIV. Difference D'Artagnan finds between the Intendant and the Superintendent.

Chapter LXV. Philosophy of the Heart and Mind.

Chapter LXVI. The Journey.

Chapter LXVII. How D'Artagnan became Acquainted with a Poet.

Chapter LXVIII. D'Artagnan continues his Investigations.

Chapter LXIX. D'Artagnan was to meet an Old Acquaintance.

Chapter LXX. Wherein the Ideas of D'Artagnan begin to clear up a little.

Chapter LXXI. A Procession at Vannes.

Chapter LXXII. The Grandeur of the Bishop of Vannes.

Chapter LXXIII. In which Porthos begins to be sorry for having come with D'Artagnan.

Chapter LXXIV. D'Artagnan makes all Speed, Porthos snores, and Aramis counsels.