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On the first Monday in April 1625, the population of the town of Meng, on the outskirts of Paris, seemed as agitated as if the Huguenots had decided to turn it into a second fortress, La Rochelle; a young man of eighteen entered Meng on a red gelding without a tail. His appearance, clothing and manners caused a flurry of ridicule in the crowd of townspeople. The rider, however, did not pay attention to them, as befits a nobleman who considers it shameful to sort things out with commoners. Another thing is an insult inflicted by an equal: d "Artagnan (this is the name of our hero) throws himself with a bare sword at a noble gentleman in black; however, several townspeople with a cudgel come running to help him. When he wakes up, d" Artagnan does not find either the offender or anything much more serious - letter of recommendation father to an old comrade in arms, the captain of the royal musketeers, Monsieur de Treville, with a request to determine the adult son for military service.
The Musketeers of His Majesty are the color of the guards, people without fear and reproach, and therefore they get away with their independent and reckless behavior. At the hour when d'Artagnan is awaiting a reception at de Treville's, Monsieur Captain inflicts another headwash (which, however, does not entail sad consequences) to his three favorites - Athos, Porthos and Aramis. that they started a fight with Cardinal Richelieu's guards, and allowed themselves to be arrested ... What a shame!
Talking to de Treville, who received the young d'Artagnan very affectionately, the young man sees a stranger from Meng outside the window - and rushes headlong into the street, hitting three musketeers one by one on the stairs. All three challenge him to a duel. hour at the appointed place waiting for d "Artanyana Athos, Porthos and Aramis. The case gets an unexpected turn: the swords of all four are unanimously exposed against the ubiquitous guards of the Duke of Richelieu. The Musketeers are convinced that the young Gascon is not only a bully, but also a real brave man who wields weapons no worse than them, and accept d "Artagnan in their company.
Richelieu complains to the king: the Musketeers are completely insolent. Louis XIII is intrigued rather than upset. He wants to know who this unknown fourth, who was with Athos, Porthos and Aramis. De Treville introduces the Gascon to his Majesty - and the king enlists d'Artagnan to serve in his guard.
The haberdasher Bonacieux turns to d'Artagnan, who is staying in his house, about whose prowess rumors are already circulating in Paris: yesterday his young wife, the maid of honor of Her Majesty Queen Anne of Austria, was kidnapped. By all accounts, the kidnapper is a stranger from Meng. Bonacieux, and her closeness to the queen: in Paris, Lord Buckingham, beloved of Anne of Austria. Madame Bonacieux can lead him on the trail. The queen is in danger: the king has left her and is now pursued by Richelieu, she loses one after another loyal people; in addition to everything (or above all), she is a Spanish woman in love with an Englishman, and Spain and England are the main opponents of France in the political arena. Following Constance, Monsieur Bonacieux himself was kidnapped; in their house a trap is being set up for Lord Buckingham or someone close to him.
One night d "Artagnan hears in the house a fuss and stifled screams of women. It is Mme Bonacieux, who escaped from custody, again fell into a mousetrap - now in her own house. D" Artagnan takes her away from Richelieu's people and hides her in Athos's apartment ...
Watching all her exits to the city, he lies in wait for Constance in the company of a man in a musketeer's uniform. Could his friend Athos have taken it into his head to take away the saved beauty from him? The jealous man quickly resigns himself: Madame Bonacieux's companion is Lord Buckingham, whom she leads to the Louvre to see the queen. Constance initiates d'Artagnan into the secrets of her mistress's heart. He promises to protect the Queen and Buckingham as herself; this conversation becomes their declaration of love.
Buckingham leaves Paris with Queen Anne's gift of twelve diamond pendants. After finding out about this, Richelieu advises the king to arrange a large ball, where the queen should appear in pendants - those that are now kept in London, in Buckingham's casket. He foresees the shame of the queen who rejected his claims and sends one of his best secret agents, my lady Winter, to England: she must steal two pendants from Buckingham - even if the other ten miraculously return to Paris for the big ball, the cardinal will be able to prove the queen's imperfection. Racing with Milady Winter rushes to England d'Artagnan. Milady succeeds in what the cardinal instructed her; however, time works for d'Artagnana, and he delivers ten Queen's pendants to the Louvre and two more exactly the same ones, made by a London jeweler in less than two days! The cardinal is put to shame, the queen is saved, d "Artagnan is accepted into the musketeers and rewarded with the love of Constance. Richelieu learns about the valor of the newly minted musketeer and entrusts him to patronize his treacherous Milady Winter.
Intriguing against d'Artagnan and instilling in him a strong and contradictory passion, my lady at the same time seduces the Comte de Wardes - the man who served as a hindrance to the Gascon on his journey to London, sent by the cardinal to help my lady. shows him the letters of his mistress de Wardes. D "Artagnan, disguised as Count de Wardes, comes on a date with my lady and, unrecognized by her in the dark, receives a diamond ring as a token of love. Artagnan is in a hurry to present his adventure to friends as funny joke; Athos, however, darkens at the sight of the ring. Milady's ring evokes a painful memory in him. This is a heirloom, given by him on the night of love to the one whom he regarded as an angel and who in reality was the branded criminal, thief and murderer who broke the heart of Athos. Athos's story is soon confirmed: on the naked shoulder of my lady, her ardent lover d'Artagnan notices the brand in the form of a lily - the seal of eternal shame.
From now on he is the enemy of my lady. He is privy to her secret. He refused to kill Lord Winter in a duel - he only disarmed him, after which he made peace with him (the brother of her "late husband and the uncle of her little son) - and she has long been striving to take possession of the Winters' entire fortune! "Artagnana with de Ward. My lady's pride is hurt - Richelieu's ambition is also hurt. Inviting d "Artanyan to go to serve in his guards regiment and having received a refusal, the cardinal warns the young insolent man:" From the moment you lose my patronage, no one will give a broken penny for your life! "...
The place of the soldier is in the war. Taking a leave of absence from de Treville, d'Artagnan and his three friends set off for the vicinity of La Rochelle, a port city that opens the gates for the British to the French borders. By closing them for England, Cardinal Richelieu completes the business of Jeanne d'Arc and the Duke de Guise. Victory over England for Richelieu is not so much about ridding the king of France from the enemy as about revenge on a more successful rival in love with the queen. The same is with Buckingham: in this military campaign he seeks to satisfy personal ambitions. He prefers to return to Paris not as an envoy, but as a triumphant. The true stake in this bloody game played by the two most powerful powers is the favorable look of Anna of Austria. The British besieged the fortress of Saint-Martin and the fort of La Pré, the French - La Rochelle.
Before his baptism of fire, d "Artagnan sums up the results of a two-year stay in the capital. He is in love and is loved - but does not know where his Constance is and whether she is alive at all. He became a musketeer - but has an enemy in the person of Richelieu. Behind him he has many extraordinary adventures- but also the hatred of my lady, who will not miss the opportunity to take revenge on him. He is marked by the queen's patronage - but this is a poor defense, rather, an excuse for persecution ... His only unconditional acquisition is a ring with a diamond, whose brilliance, however, is darkened by the bitter memories of Athos.
By chance, Athos, Porthos and Aramis accompany the cardinal on his incognito night walk in the vicinity of La Rochelle. Athos in the "Red Dovecote" tavern hears the conversation between the cardinal and my lady (it was to meet her that Richelieu rode under the protection of the musketeers). He sends her to London as an intermediary in negotiations with Buckingham. The negotiations, however, are not entirely diplomatic: Richelieu presents his opponent with an ultimatum. If Buckingham dares to take a decisive step in the current military confrontation, the cardinal promises to publicize documents discrediting the queen - evidence not only of her favor for the duke, but also of her collusion with the enemies of France. "What if Buckingham gets stubborn?" - asks my lady. “In this case, as has happened more than once in history, a femme fatale should appear on the political scene, who will put a dagger in the hand of some fanatic killer ...” Milady perfectly understands Richelieu's hint. Well, she is just such a woman! ..
Having accomplished an unheard-of feat - having dined on a bet on a bastion open to the enemy, repelling several powerful attacks from the La Rochelle and returning to the army's location unharmed - the Musketeers warn the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Winter about Milady's mission. Winter manages to arrest her in London. A young officer, Felton, has been assigned to guard my lady. Milady learns that her guard is a Puritan. She is called his fellow believer, allegedly seduced by Buckingham, slandered and branded as a thief, while in reality she suffers for her faith. Felton is overwhelmed by my lady. Religiousness and strict discipline made him a man inaccessible to ordinary seduction. But the story told to him by my lady shook his hostility towards her, and with her beauty and ostentatious piety she won his pure heart. Felton helps Milady Winter escape. He instructs his acquaintance captain to deliver the unfortunate captive to Paris, and he himself infiltrates the Duke of Buckingham, whom, in the execution of Richelieu's script, he kills with a dagger.
Milady hides in the Carmelite monastery in Bethune, where Constance Bonacieux is also hiding. Learning that d'Artagnan is to appear here any hour, my lady poisons the beloved of her main enemy and flees, but she cannot escape retribution: the Musketeers are rushing in her footsteps.
At night in dark forest there is judgment on my lady. She is guilty of the death of Buckingham and the Felton deceived by her. On her conscience is the death of Constance and the instigation of d "Artagnan to murder de Bard. Another - her very first victim - a young priest seduced by her, whom she persuaded to steal church utensils. Condemned for this to hard labor, the Shepherd of God laid hands on himself. his brother, an executioner from Lille, made it his life's goal to take revenge on my lady. rage committed over his wife lynching: hanged her on a tree. Fate gave her another chance: the Countess de la Fer was rescued, and she returned to life and her vile deeds under the name of Lady Winter. Having given birth to a son, Milady poisoned Winter and received a rich inheritance; but this was not enough for her, and she dreamed of a share belonging to her brother-in-law.
Having presented all of the above accusations to her, the Musketeers and Winter entrust Milady to the Lille executioner. Athos gives him a purse of gold - payment for hard work - but he throws the gold into the river: "Today I am not doing my craft, but my duty."
His blade shines in the moonlight wide sword...
Three days later, the Musketeers return to Paris and appear before their captain, de Treville. “Well, gentlemen,” the brave captain asks them. "Did you have a good time on vacation?" "Great!" - is responsible for himself and for the friends of Athos.
In April 1625, the population of the small town of Meng, on the outskirts of Paris, was agitated. A young eighteen-year-old man drove into the town on a red tailless gelding. His clothes and manners, as well as his appearance, caused a flurry of ridicule in the crowd of townspeople. However, the rider did not pay the slightest attention to them, because, as befits a nobleman, he should not sort things out with commoners. But a completely different matter - an insult inflicted by an equal. Our hero's name is D'Artanyan, and with a bare sword he throws himself at a noble gentleman in black; but several townspeople with a cudgel immediately rush to help. D'Artagnan, who wakes up, sees that the offender is gone, but, even worse, a letter of recommendation written by his father to Monsieur de Treville, the captain of the royal musketeers and his old comrade, in which he asked to identify his son who had reached the age of majority, disappeared , for military service.
The pride of the Guards are His Majesty's Musketeers, fearless people living by the laws of honor, for which their reckless and independent behavior is forgiven them.
When d'Artagnan is waiting for a reception at de Treville, Mr. Captain inflicts a headwash on his musketeers Porthos, Athos and Aramis - he was outraged not that they had fought with the cardinal's guards, but that they allowed themselves to be arrested.
During a conversation with de Treville, who took young man very welcoming, d'Artagnan sees a stranger from Meng outside the window. He hurries out into the street and alternately touches three Musketeers on the move.
They all challenge the young man to a duel. During this time, the stranger in black disappears, but at the appointed hour d'Artagnan meets with Athos, Porthos and Aramis at the agreed place. But all of a sudden things don't turn out as planned.
The swords of all four duelists team up against the Richelieu guards. The Musketeers come to the conclusion that the young Gascon is a real brave man who masterfully owns weapons, and they take him into their company.
Meanwhile, Richelieu complains to the king that the Musketeers have become completely insolent. But Louis XIII was intrigued rather than upset. He wants to find out who the unknown fourth is, who was in the company with Athos, Aramis and Porthos. De Treville introduces d'Artagnan to His Majesty, after which the king enlists the Gascon to serve in his guard.
D'Artagnan stops at the house of the haberdasher Bonacieux, who, already knowing about the young man's valor, turns to him with a request to save his young wife, the maid of honor of Her Majesty Anna of Austria. The abductor by all accounts is a stranger from Meng. The reason for the abduction was not at all the charms of Madame Bonacieux, but her proximity to the queen. Now in Paris is the beloved of Queen Anne, Lord Buckingham, and her maid knows where he is staying. The queen is in danger: the king has abandoned her, Richelieu, longing for her, annoys her with his persecution, she loses her faithful people one by one. In addition, the Queen is a Spanish woman who is in love with an Englishman, and it is known that Spain and England are the main political opponents of France. Following Constance, Bonacieux himself disappears, in his house a trap is set up for Lord Buckingham or people close to him.
D'Artanyan one night hears fuss and muffled female screams in the house. It was Madame Bonacieux, who had escaped from custody, who had fallen into a trap set up in her own house. The young Gascon manages to recapture it from Richelieu's people and hide it in Athos's apartment.
D'Artanyan watches the woman's exits into the city and one day sees her in the company of a man dressed in a musketeer's uniform. D'Artanyan is at a loss: did Athos really decide to take away the saved beauty from him (and by that time he was already in love)? But his jealousy quickly passes: Constance's companion was Lord Buckingham, whom the woman took on a date to the queen in the Louvre. Madame Bonacieux tells d'Artagnan about the secrets of her mistress's heart. He vows to protect the queen and her lover as she is. A conversation between young people is their first declaration of love.
Buckingham leaves Paris, Queen Anne presents him with twelve diamond pendants. Having learned about this, Richelieu invites the king to arrange a ball at which the queen should appear in pendants.
Foreseeing the shame of the queen who rejected him, the cardinal dispatches Milady Winter, one of his secret agents, to England. She must steal two pendants from Buckingham. And if even ten others miraculously back to the ball in Paris, the cardinal will be able to prove that the queen is not perfect. Milady leaves for England, d'Artagnan is in a hurry for her. Milady succeeds in kidnapping, but d'Artagnan gets ahead of her and delivers ten pendants to the queen and two more, which the London jeweler managed to make in less than two days. The queen is saved, the cardinal is put to shame, and d'Artagnan receives a generous reward - he was accepted into the musketeers, and Constance gave him her heart.
However, it was not without losses. Having learned about the valor of the newly minted Musketeer, Richelieu entrusts the treacherous Milady Winter with custody of him.
She weaves intrigues against D'Artagnan and instills in him a strong and contradictory passion. At the same time, she seduces the Comte de Ward, the very stranger from Meng. My lady's maid Kathy, in love with d'Artagnan, shows him the letters of her mistress de Wardes. A young musketeer comes on a date with my lady disguised as a count. She, not recognizing him in the dark, gives him a diamond ring as a token of her love. D'Artagnan presents this adventure to his friends as a funny joke. Athos darkens at the sight of this ring. It brings up a painful memory in his memory. The ring is a heirloom that he gave on the night of love to the one he believed to be an angel. In fact, it was a branded criminal, thief and murderer. Athos's heart was broken. Soon the story of Athos is confirmed: in a fit of passion, d'Artagnan discovers a lily-shaped stamp on my lady's bare shoulder - evidence of eternal shame.
From that moment on, he becomes the enemy of my lady. He knows her secret. He refused to kill Lord Winter in a duel - only disarmed him, and then reconciled with him. But Lord Winter was the brother of her late husband, and she has long sought to get the Winters by fortune! Nothing came of my lady's plan to set d'Artagnan against de Wardes. My lady's pride is wounded, as is Richelieu's ambition. After all, the cardinal invited d'Artagnan to join his guards regiment, but was refused, after which he warned the young insolent man, saying that he was depriving him of his patronage, now no one would give a broken penny for his life ...
Soldiers must be at war. D'Artagnan and his friends take a vacation from de Treville and go to the vicinity of the port city of La Rochelle, which opens the gates to the British on French soil. Cardinal Richelieu seeks to defeat England not so much in order to save France from the enemy as in order to take revenge on a happy rival. Buckingham also wishes to satisfy his personal ambitions in this military campaign. He wants to return to Paris not as an envoy, but as a triumphant. Still, the stake in this bloody drama, which is played out between two powerful powers, is the supportive look of Queen Anne.
The French besiege the fortress of La Rochelle, the British - the fort of La Pré and Saint-Martin.
Before his baptism of fire, D'Artagnan thinks about what happened to him over the past two years in Paris. He is loved and in love, although he does not know where Constance is and what is wrong with her. He became a musketeer, and at the same time he had an enemy - Richelieu. A lot of adventures happened to him, and he is hated by my lady, who is just waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on him. He is patronized by the queen, although this is more likely not even a protection, but an excuse for persecution ... The only unconditional acquisition of d'Artagnan was a ring with a diamond, although its brilliance is darkened by the sad memories of Athos.
By chance, the Musketeers accompany the cardinal on an incognito night walk in the vicinity of La Rochelle. In the Red Dovecote tavern, Athos hears the cardinal talking to my lady (it was Richelieu who was on his way to meet her). The Cardinal sends her to London to mediate negotiations with Buckingham. But these negotiations are not distinguished by diplomacy: Richelieu presents an ultimatum to the duke. Buckingham must not take a decisive step in the current military confrontation, otherwise the cardinal will publicize documents that defame the queen. These documents testify to the benevolence of Anne of Austria to the duke, as well as her conspiracy with the enemies of France. When my lady asks what will happen if Buckingham becomes stubborn, the cardinal says that a femme fatale will appear who will be able to put a dagger in the hand of some fanatic killer. My lady understands Richelieu's hint. After all, she is just such a woman!
The Musketeers perform an unheard-of feat on a bet - they dine on the bastion, which is open to the enemy, repel several severe attacks of the Larochels and return unharmed to the location of the army. The Musketeers are aware of Milady's mission and warn the Duke of Buckingham as well as Lord Winter. Winter arrests Milady in London. She is guarded by a young officer, Felton. Milady becomes aware that her guard is a Puritan. She calls herself his fellow believer, comes up with a story about how she was seduced by Buckingham, then she was slandered and branded as a thief, although in fact she suffers for her faith. Felton was amazed. He is very religious and disciplined, and the usual methods of seduction did not work on him, but the sad story of my lady won his heart. Plus, she is so beautiful and so devout! Felton arranges for my lady to escape. He instructs a familiar captain to deliver the captive to Paris, but he himself penetrates the Duke of Buckingham and kills him with a dagger. Everything happened as Richelieu intended.
Milady takes refuge in Bethune, in the monastery of the Carmelites, and Constance Bonacieux also lives there. Milady learns that d'Artagnan is to appear in the monastery from hour to hour, poisons Constance and escapes from the monastery. However, she cannot escape retribution. The Musketeers follow her trail.
In a dark forest at night they are judging my lady. On her conscience the murder of Buckingham, the death of Felton, Constance, she incited d'Artagnan to murder de Wardes. Her first victim was a young priest, seduced by her, she persuaded him to steal church utensils. The priest was sentenced to hard labor for this, could not bear it and committed suicide. The brother of the shepherd, the executioner from Lille, saw the purpose of his life in the vengeance of my lady. He had already overtaken her once and put a stamp on her shoulder, but the criminal managed to hide in the castle of Athos - at that time Count de la Fer. She kept silent about what had happened and married him. The young husband unwittingly discovered the deception and, in a rage, hung the deceiver on a tree. However, the Countess de la Fer was saved, now she became Lady Winter, gave birth to a son, poisoned Winter, while receiving a rich inheritance. But this seemed to her not enough, she dreamed of getting a share belonging to her brother-in-law.
Very summary novel The Three MusketeersAlexandr Duma. "Three Musketeers".
Part one. Chapters 6-10
Chapter 6
His Majesty King Louis 13
"... before the blades had time to ring, touching each other, a detachment of the cardinal's guards, under the command of M. de Jussac, appeared from around the corner of the monastery."... Fig. I. S. Kuskova
Treville visiting the king. The kingdom has two heads. Treville tells of the duel between his musketeers and the cardinal's guards. The King invites the latter to a reception to thank them personally.
D'Artagnana is being pummed by a certain Bernage. Duel, the last one is wounded.
Treville goes to visit La Tremouille.
Treville has the best company.
The king is greeted by the servants. He's bored.
The king and Treville are talking about a duel. The king receives the musketeers and thanks the young man with a handful of gold coins.
Chapter 7
Musketeers at home
Athos and his servant Grimaud. Portrait of Athos. He is not more than 30 years old.
Porthos and his servant Mousqueton. Blunderbuss, like the owner, loved to dress stylishly.
In the dwelling of Athos (sword, portrait of a noble nobleman of the time of Henry III, chest).
Porthos had a servant, Bazin.
D'Artagnan complains about Planchet and beats him.
De Treville tells the Gascon how to get the Musketeer's cloak before.
Chapter 8
Court intrigue
Friends wander among acquaintances for dinner and bring all the servants with them.
Planchet leads the innkeeper Bonacieux.
Bonacieux talks about the kidnapping of his wife.
D'Artagnan sees a stranger from Meng on the street.
Chapter 9
The character of D'Artagnan looms
A conversation with Porthos: why the queen loves those we hate - the Spanish and the British.
For the first time: One for All - by Gascon.
Chapter 10
The mousetrap in the seventeenth century
Gascon dismantles the parquet floor and eavesdrops.
Mme Bonacieux falls into the trap. She is good, but not of noble birth.
D'Artagnan beats her off. She muddies the waters about the queen, but she cannot betray the secret.
Gascon goes to de Treville for an alibi. Rearranges the hands of the clock.
Leaves and returns supposedly for a cane.
In fact, it rearranges the arrows again.
The alibi is guaranteed.
Chapter 6. His Majesty King Louis XIII
1. The history of the duel between the musketeers and the guards made a lot of noise. Monsieur Treville scolded his musketeers aloud and ...
Answer: I secretly congratulated them.
2. Treville appeared in the evening, at the hour when the king ... What was he doing?
Answer: The king played cards.
H. Kings often had more than their own proper names, but also some nicknames. What was Louis XIII called?
Answer: Louis XIII the Just.
4. The king was busy important matter... A few minutes later the king got up and ... said. But before that he hid something in his pocket. What?
Answer: He hid the money won in the card game.
6. Treville, telling the king about the duel, mentioned, of course, the guardsmen, of course, the musketeers and some other child. What kind of child is this?
Answer: This is D Artagnan himself .
7. The king was not entirely happy with the situation when his musketeers quarreled with the guards. Moreover, they left the dead in the fight. He asks to bring all the Musketeers to him. What for?
Answer: I want to thank them all at the same time.
8. That same evening, all three Musketeers were informed that they were invited to a reception with the king. The appointment was made for noon. Friends had time. Where did they go?
Answer: They agreed to go to a tavern near the Luxembourg stables and play ball there .
9. The king, meanwhile, went about his business, as if he had forgotten about the appointment. Well, these kings. And what did he do?
Answer: He went on a deer hunt.
10. Mr. de La Tremouille and de Treville visit Bernage, wounded in battle. He does not feel well, in order to revive him, according to the custom of that time, a bottle of some kind is brought to his nose. What was in the bottle?
Answer: Salt bottle.
11. De Treville wished Bernage well and went home to dinner. Monsieur de Treville gathered the best of society ... which for some reason had something to do with the cardinal. Which?
Answer: They were all opponents of the cardinal.
12. The king returns to his palace. He's clearly out of sorts. But the courtiers nevertheless lined up along his path. Why?
Answer: All the courtiers preferred to fall under the angry gaze of the king, than not to deserve a glance at all.
13. The king had one of the most serious illnesses. Which?
Answer: He was bored.
Chapter 7. Musketeers at home
14. Dumas introduces us to the inner circle of the Musketeers. What are the names of the Musketeers and the names of their servants?
Athos and Grimaud;
15. The name of the musketeer and his servant:
Porthos and Mousqueton;
16. The name of the musketeer and his servant:
At first, Dumas does not mention the name of the servant, and then we find out - Bazin.
17. Old proverb: As is the master, so is the servant. How did Blunderbuss resemble his master?
Answer: He loved to dress beautifully and stylishly.
18. Getting acquainted with the dwelling of the heroes. What three things does Dumas notice about the house of Athos?
Answer: sword, portrait of a noble nobleman of the time of Henry III and an amazing jewelry box.
19. D "Artagnan complains about his servant Planchet. Friends advise him something. Read it. What did the Gascon do with the servant?
Answer: He beat him.
20. The Musketeers got up at eight in the winter, at six in the summer and went to M. de Treville. What for?
Answer: Find out the password.
21. D'Artanyan really wanted to put on the musketeer's cloak. But the conditions are harsh: you have to wait two years. However, de Treville told him that ...
Answer: The term to be shortened if the Gascon does any service to the king or somehow distinguishes himself.
Chapter 8. Court intrigue
22. Friends did not have families of their own. But they loved to visit, and even brought their servants with them. What for?
Answer: Have lunch.
Chapter 9. D'Artagnan's character looms
23. Aramis and d'Artagnan are talking. Aramis: Why does she (the queen) love those we hate the most - the Spanish and the British?
Answer: Spain is her homeland. Loves one Englishman.
24. Toast: who did the Musketeers drink for?
Answer: To the health of the king and cardinal!
Chapter 10. The mousetrap in the seventeenth century
25. As soon as society invented the police, the police invented ...
Answer: "Mousetrap".
26. How did d'Artagnan, living in the house of the merchant Bonacieux, learn secrets?
Answer: He was dismantling parquet in his room. It turned out a dormer window.
27. One day Madame Bonacieux came to her house. She was caught by the cardinal's guards. We will find out the reason for this later. And now, examining her, d'Artagnan noticed that she was very good. But the hands were rough, and the legs did not indicate a high birth. What happened to her legs?
Answer: They were probably big.
28. Bonacieux tells the Gascon the queen's secret and invites him to come to the Louvre. The young man asks for a password. ?
Answer: "Tour and Brussels".
29. D'Artagnan meets with de Treville, consults on what he heard from Ms. Bonacieux. Leaves. But suddenly he remembered that he had forgotten his cane. What did he actually do?
Answer: He moved the hands on the clock so that no one would notice that the clock was lagging behind. This was his alibi.
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Three Musketeers. Roman (1844)
On the first Monday in April 1625, the population of the town of Meng, on the outskirts of Paris, seemed as agitated as if the Huguenots had decided to turn it into a second fortress, La Rochelle; a young man of eighteen entered Meng on a red gelding without a tail.
His appearance, clothing and manners caused a flurry of ridicule in the crowd of townspeople. The rider, however, did not pay attention to them, as befits a nobleman who considers it shameful to sort things out with commoners. Another thing is an insult inflicted on an equal: d'Artagnan (this is the name of our hero) throws himself with a bare sword at a noble gentleman in black; however, several townspeople with a cudgel come to his aid. When he wakes up, d'Artagnan does not find either the offender, nor - which is much more serious - his father's letter of recommendation to his old comrade in arms, the captain of the royal musketeers, Monsieur de Treville, with a request to determine the son who has come of age for military service.
The Musketeers of His Majesty are the color of the guards, people without fear and reproach, and therefore they get away with their independent and reckless behavior. At the hour when d'Artagnan is expecting a reception at de Treville, Mr. Captain inflicts another headwash (which does not entail sad consequences) to his three favorites - Athos, Porto-sous and Aramis.
De Treville, it should be noted, was outraged not that they had staged a fight with Cardinal Richelieu's guards, but that they had allowed themselves to be arrested ... What a shame! Talking to de Treville, who received the young d'Artagnan very affectionately, the young man sees a stranger from Meng outside the window and rushes headlong into the street, hitting three Musketeers one by one on the stairs. All three challenge him to a duel. The stranger in black manages to sneak away, but at the appointed hour, Athos, Porthos and Aramis are waiting for d'Artagnana at the appointed place. The case gets an unexpected turn: the swords of all four are unanimously exposed against the ubiquitous guards of the Duke of Richelieu. The Musketeers are convinced that the young Gascon is not only a bully, but also a real brave man who wields weapons no worse than them, and they accept d'Artagnan into their company.
Richelieu complains to the king: the Musketeers are completely insolent. Louis XIII is intrigued rather than upset.
He wants to know who this unknown fourth, who was with Athos, Por-i toos and Aramis. De Treville introduces the Gascon to his Majesty - and the king enlists d'Artagnan to serve in his guard.
The haberdasher Bonacieux turns to D'Artagnan, who is staying at his house, about whose valor is already rumored in Paris: yesterday his young wife, the maid of honor of Queen Anne of Austria, was kidnapped. By all accounts, the kidnapper is a stranger from Meng. The reason for the abduction was not Madame Bonacier's charm, but her closeness to the Queen: in Paris, Lord Buckingham, the beloved of Anne of Austria. Madame Bonacieux can put him on the trail. The queen is in danger: the king left her and is now pursued by Richelieu, she loses one after another loyal people; in addition to everything (or above all), she is a Spanish woman in love with an Englishman, and Spain and England are the main opponents of France in the political arena. Following Constance, Monsieur Bonacieux himself was kidnapped; in their house a trap is being set up for Lord Buckingham or someone close to him.
One night, d'Artagnan hears a fuss and stifled female cries in the house. It was Madame Bonacieux, who had escaped from custody, once again fell into a mousetrap - now in her own house.
D'Artagnan recaptures it from Richelieu's people and hides it in Athos's apartment.
Watching all her exits to the city, he lies in wait for Constance in the company of a man in a musketeer's uniform.
Could his friend Athos have taken it into his head to take away the saved beauty from him? The jealous man quickly resigns himself: Madame Bonacieux's companion is Lord Buckingham, whom she leads to the Louvre on a date to the queen. Constance initiates d'Artagnan into the heart secrets of her mistress. He promises to protect the Queen and Buckingham as herself; this conversation becomes their declaration of love.
Buckingham leaves Paris with Queen Anne's gift of twelve diamond pendants. After finding out about this, Richelieu advises the king to arrange a large ball, where the queen should appear in pendants - those that are now kept in London, in Buckingham's casket.
He foresees the shame of the queen who rejected his claims and sends one of his best secret agents, my lady, to England. Winter: she must steal two pendants from Buckingham - even if the other ten miraculously return to Paris for the great ball, the cardinal will be able to prove the queen's imperfection. D'Artagnan is racing with Milady Winter to England. Milady succeeds in what the cardinal has instructed her; however, time is working for d'Artagnan, and he delivers ten queen's pendants to the Louvre and two more exactly the same, made by a London jeweler in less than two days! The cardinal is put to shame, the queen is saved, d'Artagnan is accepted into the musketeers and rewarded with the love of Constance. Richelieu learns about the valor of the newly discovered musketeer and entrusts him to patronize the treacherous Milady Winter.
Intriguing against d'Artagnan and instilling in him a strong and contradictory passion, my lady at the same time seduces the Comte de Wardes - a man who served as a hindrance to the Gascon on his journey to London, sent by the cardinal to help my lady. Kathy, my lady's maid, mad about the young musketeer, shows him the letters of her mistress de Wardes. D'Artagnan, disguised as a Comte de Varda, comes on a date to my lady and, not recognized by her in the dark, receives a diamond ring as a token of love.
D'Artagnan is in a hurry to present his adventure to friends as a funny joke; Athos, however, darkens at the sight of the ring. Milady's ring evokes a painful memory in him. This is a heirloom, given by him on the night of love to the one whom he regarded as an angel and who in reality was the branded criminal, thief and murderer who broke the heart of Athos.
The story of Athos is soon confirmed: on the naked shoulder of my lady, her ardent lover d'Artagnan notices the brand in the form of a lily - the seal of eternal shame.
From now on he is the enemy of my lady.
He is privy to her secret. He refused to kill Lord Winter in a duel - he only disarmed, and then reconciled with him (the brother of her late husband and the uncle of her little son) - and after all, she has long sought to take possession of the entire fortune of the Winter! Nothing came of my lady and her plan to play d'Artagnan against de Bard. My lady's pride is hurt - Richelieu's ambition is also hurt. Inviting d'Artagnan to go to serve in his guards regiment and having received a refusal, the cardinal warns the young insolent: "From the moment you lose my patronage, no one will give a broken penny for your life!" ...
The place of the soldier is in the war.
Taking a vacation from de Treville, d'Artagnan and three of his friends set off for the vicinity of La Rochelle, a port city that opens the gates of the British to French borders. Closing them for England, Cardinal Richelieu completes the affair of Joan of Arc and the Duke de Guise. Victory over England for Richelieu is not so much about ridding the king of France from the enemy, but about revenge on a more successful rival in love with the queen. The same is with Buckingham: in this military campaign he seeks to satisfy personal ambitions. He prefers to return to Paris not as an envoy, but as a triumphant. The true stake in this bloody game played by the two most powerful powers is the favorable look of Anna of Austria. The British besieged the fortress of Saint-Martin and the fort of La Pré, the French - La Rochelle.
Before his baptism of fire, d'Artagnan sums up the results of a two-year stay in the capital. He is in love and loved - but does not know where his Constance is and whether she is alive at all. He became a musketeer - but has an enemy in the person of Richelieu. Behind him he has many extraordinary adventures - but also the hatred of my lady, who will not miss the opportunity to take revenge on him. He is marked by the patronage of the queen - but this is a poor defense, rather, a reason for persecution ... His only unconditional acquisition is a ring with a diamond, whose brilliance, however, is darkened by the bitter memories of Athos.
By chance, Athos, Porthos and Aramis accompany the cardinal on his incognito night walk in the vicinity of La Rochelle. Athos in the "Red Dovecote" tavern hears the conversation between the cardinal and my lady (it was to the meeting with her that Richelieu rode under the protection of the musketeers).
He sends her to London as an intermediary in negotiations with Buckingham.
The negotiations, however, are not entirely diplomatic: Richelieu presents his opponent with an ultimatum. If Buckingham dares to take a decisive step in the current military confrontation, the cardinal promises to publicize documents discrediting the queen - evidence not only of her favor for the duke, but also of her collusion with the enemies of France. "What if Buckingham gets stubborn?" - asks my lady. "In this case," as has happened more than once in history, a femme fatale should appear on the political scene, who will put a dagger in the hand of some fanatic killer ... "Milady perfectly understands Richelieu's hint. Well, she is such a woman! ..
Having accomplished an unheard-of feat - having dined on a bet on a bastion open to the enemy, repelling several powerful attacks from the La Rochelle and returning to the army unharmed - the Musketeers warn the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Winter about my lady's mission. Winter manages to arrest her in London. A young officer, Felton, has been assigned to guard my lady. Milady learns that her guard is a Puritan. She is called his fellow believer, allegedly seduced by Buckingham, slandered and branded as a thief, while in reality she suffers for her faith. Felton is overwhelmed by my lady. Religiousness and strict discipline made him a man inaccessible to ordinary seduction. But the story told to him by my lady shook his hostility towards her, and with her beauty and ostentatious piety she won his pure heart. Felton helps Milady Winter escape. He instructs a familiar captain to deliver the unfortunate captive to Paris, and he himself infiltrates the Duke of Buckingham, who, in the execution of Richelieu's script, kills with a dagger.
Milady hides in the Carmelite monastery in Bethune, where Constance Bonacieux is also hiding. Learning that d'Artagnan should appear here any hour, my lady poisons the beloved of her main enemy and flees. But she cannot escape retribution: the Musketeers rush in her footsteps.
At night, in a dark forest, my lady is judged. She is guilty of the death of Buckingham and the Felton deceived by her.
On her conscience the death of Constance and the incitement of d'Artagnan to murder de Wardes. Another - her very first victim - a young priest seduced by her, whom she persuaded to steal church utensils. Condemned to hard labor for this, the Shepherd of God committed suicide. His brother, an executioner from Lille, made it his life's goal to take revenge on my lady. Once he had already overtaken her and branded her, but the criminal hid in the castle of Count de La Fera - Athos and, keeping silent about the unfortunate past, married him. Inadvertently discovering deception, Athos, in a rage, committed lynching against his wife: he hung her on a tree. Fate gave her another chance: the Countess de la Fer was rescued, and she returned to life and to her vile deeds under the name of Lady Winter. Having given birth to a son, my lady poisoned Winter and received a rich inheritance; but this was not enough for her, and she dreamed of a share belonging to her brother-in-law.
Having presented all of the above accusations to her, the Musketeers and Winter entrust Milady to the Lille executioner. Athos gives him a purse of gold - payment for hard work - but he throws the gold into the river: "Today I am not doing my craft, but my duty."
In the moonlight, the blade of his broad sword shines ...
Three days later, the Musketeers return to Paris and appear before their captain, de Treville. "Well, gentlemen," asks their brave captain. "Did you enjoy yourself well on vacation?" "Great!" - is responsible for himself and for the friends of Athos.
D'Artagnan - main character novel, who came from Gascony to Paris in search of fame and a brilliant career, an intelligent, fearless, cunning and irresistible hero, who immediately fell into a whirlpool of court intrigues, entailing endless duels, skirmishes and adventures, unusually successful, with his intelligence, nobility, directness and by luck achieving everything he dreamed of, and having won the patronage of the king and queen of France and the respect of Cardinal Richelieu. Never stopping at what has been achieved and tirelessly active, he seems to be looking for adventures that make his life extremely eventful and unusually exciting, and give him an irresistible attraction. D'A appears to be proud, impudent and impetuous. at the beginning of the novel, although at the same time he is not devoid of naivety and some provinciality, especially noticeable next to the brilliant musketeers. Like Don Quixote, with whom the author compares his hero, d'A. ready to challenge the whole world, all the while fearing that he will leave unanswered the insult inflicted on him. Hot and unrestrained, he immediately appoints three duels with the musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who go into a skirmish with the cardinal's guards, and d'A. makes his choice in favor of the musketeers, existing and acting in the future according to their laws. Vain and ambitious enough, d'A. nevertheless, he does not become a titanic hero, exalted above all others. He is not deprived of lofty thoughts and impeccable decency, which are inherent in Athos, as well as the endless charm inherent in Aramis.
Dumas tries to give his beloved character quite earthly features, making him slightly boastful, partly selfish and even selfish. Not at all in agreement with the noble code of honor deceives d'A. My lady, when, taking advantage of the darkness, comes to her on a date under a false name. However, this craftiness, and sometimes even sinfulness, transforms d'A. in a genuinely lively image.
Milady is the former Countess de La Fer, wife of Athos, whom he hung after seeing the brand of the criminal on her shoulder. However, M. escaped and became a confidant of Cardinal Richelieu, that is, a mortal enemy of the Musketeers. Throughout the novel, they successfully cope with her cunning designs, and in the end, after M. kills d'Artagnan's beloved Constance Bonassier, the musketeers execute her in the remote town of Armantieres. Sly, intelligent and heartless, M. stops at nothing for the sake of fulfilling his plans and Richelieu's political intrigues.
Without the slightest remorse, she, using her angelic beauty, seduces and sends the fanatic Felton to certain death, because Richelieu needs him to kill the Duke of Buckingham (in exchange for this, the cardinal must give her the right to deal with d'Artagnan). Without pity, she kills Constance with poison, who upset Richelieu's plans. Deftly using the cardinal for his own purposes, M. is able to cope with the most dangerous situations and invariably achieves his goal through dishonest intrigues and atrocities. The image of M. makes a sharp contrast to the main characters - the noble musketeers - and is endowed with exclusively negative qualities. In the system of the novel, M. plays the role of a villainous heroine, provoking danger for the main characters, who get an additional chance to demonstrate their impeccable courage and endurance. Involving the Musketeers in endless adventures, M., together with Richelieu, forms the background against which the brilliant merits of these heroes stand out even more vividly.
Richelieu, cardinal - the first minister who has virtually unlimited power even over King Louis XIII, one way or another participating in all the events that take place in the novel, and weaving cunning intrigues directed mainly against Queen Anne of Austria. R. personifies the main force opposing the musketeers, with which they, however, cope, and ultimately achieve reconciliation.
France in Dumas' novel appears to be divided into two camps, in one of which the king rules and the Musketeers live, and in the other, Cardinal R. and his guards rule. The clash of opposing camps is invariably the starting point of any conflict in the novel. Driven, on the one hand, by state interests, and on the other, by unresponsive love for the queen, R. is trying with all his might to destroy her, and at the same time the musketeers who constantly find themselves in his way and help out her majesty.
However, unlike Milady, R. is open, he is alien to duplicity, and therefore his image is not colored only with dark tones, is not endowed with unambiguously negative qualities. R. is able to appreciate the straightforwardness, honor and nobility of the Musketeers and repeatedly invites them to go over to their side. The author recognizes him and the depth of mind, and "indomitable strength of mind", and worthy directness: he openly warns d'Artagnan about the confrontation and gives him advice to be careful. R. does not go to extremes to deal with the musketeers; this function is assigned to Milady or Rochefort, he also acts as a formidable enemy, the competition with which becomes primarily a duel of mind and characters, a dispute of equals.
Three Musketeers: Athos, Porthos and Aramis - D'Artagnan's friends, who helped him in everything, connected with him by inseparable 'bonds and common adventures, personifying a world so attractive for d'Artagnan, where honor, nobility and decency rule - as opposed to the world Cardinal Richelieu. Dumas endows the Musketeers with every possible positive qualities, sometimes turning them into frozen incarnations of these qualities instead of living and dynamic characters. However, the real camaraderie that binds them, their loyalty to the code of honor and genuine aristocracy made the Musketeers a legend that does not lose its power over the reader's mind. There is a mysterious romantic backstory behind each of them.
People of high birth, they are forced to hide their real names and the reasons that prompted them to become musketeers. In the course of the action, only A.'s past is revealed (although in the sequels of the novel the stories of P. and A. become known), full of romantic tragedy: having married a young and beautiful girl who turned out to be a seductress and a thief, he sacrifices her to his honor and hides his face noble Comte de La Fera under the guise of a royal musketeer. P. and Ar. are also shrouded in extraordinary mystery, and all attempts by d'Artagnan to penetrate this veil remain unsuccessful. As if burdened by the experience, they are deprived of the bravura and recklessness that is characteristic of their fourth friend. Rather, they are more characterized by sadness and melancholy: Ar. increasingly turns to theology and dreams of becoming an abbot, A. attracts a goblet of wine. The least romantic of them all remains P., depicted as a rather narrow-minded and boastful man. However, the obligatory attributes - honor, nobility, sincere and deep affection for friends - are also preserved for this kind giant, who constantly gets trapped. The most tragic and at the same time the most sublime hero of Dumas-A. "Beautiful in body and soul", but "restrained, unsociable and taciturn", who puts honor above everything else in the world, he is extremely scrupulous and full of self-esteem. "As if for fun, substituting himself under the bullets", since he does not value his life, A. resembles a sad knight who has been given unearthly features. The complete opposite of A. and P. is Ar: femininely beautiful, meek, slightly corny and even hypocritical. Behind this soft shell, however, lies an extraordinary masculinity. The three heroes complement each other perfectly, their union conveys the author's idea of the ideal of what the world of musketeers is becoming, and each new adventure only confirms that the ideal is verified and durable.
In the parliamentary elections, his candidacy from the moderate camp, but did not pass. It is known what this freedom cost him, which he used with insane courage. Jord Sand called Alexandre Dumas "the genius of life". To this excellent description, the words "... and love" could well be added. Dumas could have several mistresses at the same time, however, he did not ...
Seen in his varied, adventurous life and retaining these typical features to the end of his days. The main goal This work is a study of the work of A. Dumas in the context of French literature of the first half of the 19th century. Let's define the following goals of this work: - the influence of French culture on the work of A. Dumas; - the study of A. Dumas' creativity on the example of specific novels. ...
On the first Monday in April 1625, the population of the town of Meng on the outskirts of Paris seemed as agitated as if the Huguenots had decided to turn it into the second fortress of La Rochelle: a young man of eighteen entered Meng on a red gelding without a tail. His appearance, clothing and manners caused a flurry of ridicule in the crowd of townspeople. The rider, however, does not pay attention to them, as befits a nobleman who considers it shameful to sort things out with commoners. An insult inflicted on an equal is another matter: d'Artagnan (this is the name of our hero) throws himself with a bare sword at a noble gentleman in black; however, several townspeople with a cudgel come running to his aid. When he wakes up, d'Artagnan does not find either the offender, nor - which is much more serious - his father's letter of recommendation to his old comrade in arms, the captain of the royal musketeers, Mr. de Treville, with a request to determine the son of 18 for military service.
The Musketeers of His Majesty are the color of the guards, people without fear and reproach, for which they get away with independent and reckless behavior. At the hour when d'Artagnan is expecting a reception at de Treville's, Mr. Captain inflicts yet another headwash (which, however, does not entail sad consequences) to his three favorites - Athos, Porthos and Aramis. De Treville, it should be noted, was outraged not that they had staged a fight with Cardinal Richelieu's guards, but that they had allowed themselves to be arrested ... What a shame!
Talking to de Treville (who received the young d'Artagnan very affectionately), the young man sees a stranger from Meng outside the window - and rushes headlong into the street, hitting three musketeers on the stairs one by one. All three challenge him to a duel. The stranger in black manages to sneak away, but at the appointed hour Athos, Porthos and Aramis are waiting for d'Artagnana at the appointed place. The case takes an unexpected turn; the swords of all four are unanimously exposed against the ubiquitous guards of the Duke of Richelieu. The Musketeers are convinced that the young Gascon is not only a bully, but also a real brave man who wields weapons no worse than them, and accept D'Artagnan into their company.
Richelieu complains to the king: the Musketeers are completely insolent. Louis XIII is intrigued rather than upset. He wants to know who this unknown fourth, who was with Athos, Porthos and Aramis. De Treville introduces the Gascon to His Majesty - and the king enlists d'Artagnan to serve in his guard.
The haberdasher Bonacieux turns to D'Artagnan, who is staying in his house, about whose valor is already rumored in Paris: yesterday his young wife, the maid of honor of Her Majesty Queen Anne of Austria, was kidnapped. By all accounts, the kidnapper is a stranger from Meng. The reason for the abduction was not Madame Bonacier's charms, but her closeness to the Queen: in Paris, Lord Buckingham, the beloved of Anne of Austria. Madame Bonacieux can put him on the trail. The queen is in danger: the king has abandoned her, Richelieu, who longs for her, pursues her, she loses one after another loyal people; in addition to everything (or above all), she is a Spanish woman in love with an Englishman, and Spain and England are the main opponents of France in the political arena. Following Constance, Monsieur Bonacieux himself was kidnapped; in their house a trap is set up for Lord Buckingham or someone close to him.
One night, D'Artagnan hears a fuss and stifled female screams in the house. It was Madame Bonacieux, who had escaped from custody, once again fell into a mousetrap - now in her own house. D'Artagnan takes it away from Richelieu's people and hides it in Athos's apartment.
Watching all her exits to the city, he lies in wait for Constance in the company of a man in a musketeer's uniform. Has friend Athos really decided to take away the saved beauty from him? The jealous man quickly resigns himself: Madame Bonacieux's companion is Lord Buckingham, whom she leads to Dover to meet the queen. Constance initiates D'Artagnan into the secrets of her mistress's heart. He promises to protect the Queen and Buckingham as herself; this conversation becomes their declaration of love.
Buckingham leaves Paris with Queen Anne's gift of twelve diamond pendants. Having learned about this, Richelieu advises the king to arrange a large ball, to which the queen should appear in pendants - those that are now kept in London, in Buckingham's casket. He foresees the shame of the queen who rejected his claims - and sends one of his best secret agents, My Lady Winter, to England: she must steal two pendants from Buckingham - even if the other ten miraculously return to Paris for the big ball, the cardinal will be able to prove the queen's imperfection. D'Artagnan is racing with Milady Winter to England. Milady succeeds in what the cardinal has instructed her; however, time is working for d'Artagnan - and he delivers ten queen's pendants to the Louvre and two more exactly the same ones, made by a London jeweler in less than two days! The cardinal is put to shame, the queen is saved, d'Artagnan is accepted into the musketeers and rewarded with the love of Constance. There are, however, and losses: Richelieu learns about the valor of the newly-made Musketeer and entrusts him to patronize the insidious Milady Winter.
Weaving intrigues against d'Artagnan and inspiring him with a strong and contradictory passion, my lady at the same time seduces the Comte de Wardes - a man who served as a hindrance to the Gascon on his journey to London, sent by the cardinal to help my lady. Kathy, my lady's maid, mad about the young musketeer, shows him the letters of her mistress de Wardes. D'Artagnan, disguised as Count de Varda, comes to see my lady and, unrecognized by her in the dark, receives a diamond ring as a token of love. D'Artagnan hastens to present his adventure to his friends as a funny joke; Athos, however, darkens at the sight of the ring. Milady's ring evokes a painful memory in him. This is a heirloom, presented by him on the night of love to the one whom he regarded as an angel and who in reality was the branded criminal, thief and murderer who broke the heart of Athos. Athos's story is soon confirmed: on the naked shoulder of my lady, her ardent lover D'Artagnan notices the brand in the form of a lily - the seal of eternal shame.
From now on he is the enemy of my lady. He is privy to her secret. He refused to kill Lord Winter in a duel - he only disarmed, after which he reconciled with him (the brother of her late husband and the uncle of her little son) - and after all, she has long sought to take possession of the entire fortune of the Winter! Nor did my lady succeed in her plan to play d'Artagnan against de Bard. My lady's pride is hurt - but so is Richelieu's ambition. Having invited d'Artanyan to go to serve in his guards regiment and having received a refusal, the cardinal warns the young impudent man: "From the moment you lose my patronage, no one will give you a broken penny for your life!" ...
The place of the soldier is in the war. Taking a leave of absence from de Treville, d'Artagnan and three of his friends set off for the outskirts of Larochelle, a port city that opens the gates for the British to French borders. Closing them for England, Cardinal Richelieu completes the affair of Joan of Arc and the Duke of Guise. Victory over England for Richelieu is not so much about ridding the king of France from the enemy as about revenge on a more successful rival in love with the queen. The same is with Buckingham: in this military campaign he seeks to satisfy personal ambitions. He prefers to return to Paris not as an envoy, but as a triumphant. The true stake in this bloody game played by the two most powerful powers is the favorable look of Anna of Austria. The British besieged the fortress of Saint-Martin and the fort of La Pré, the French - La Rochelle.
Before his baptism of fire, d'Artagnan sums up the results of his two-year stay in the capital. He is in love and loved - but does not know where his Constance is and whether she is alive at all. He became a musketeer - but has an enemy in the person of Richelieu. Behind him he has many extraordinary adventures - but also the hatred of my lady, who will not miss the opportunity to take revenge on him. He is marked by the queen's patronage - but this is a poor defense, rather, a reason for persecution ... His only unconditional acquisition is a ring with a diamond, whose brilliance, however, is darkened by the bitter memories of Athos.
By chance, Athos, Porthos and Aramis accompany the cardinal on his incognito night walk in the vicinity of Larochelle. Athos in the "Red Dovecote" tavern hears the conversation between the cardinal and my lady (it was to meet her that Richelieu rode under the protection of the musketeers). He sends her to London as an intermediary in negotiations with Buckingham. The negotiations, however, are not entirely diplomatic: Richelieu presents his opponent with an ultimatum. If Buckingham dares to take a decisive step in the current military confrontation, the cardinal promises to publicize documents discrediting the queen - evidence not only of her favor for the duke, but also of her collusion with the enemies of France. "What if Buckingham gets stubborn?" - asks my lady. “In this case, as has happened more than once in history, a femme fatale should appear on the political scene, who will put a dagger in the hand of some fanatic killer…” Milady perfectly understands Richelieu's hint. Well, she is just such a woman! .. Having accomplished an unheard-of feat - having dined on a bet on a bastion open to the enemy, repelling several powerful attacks from the Larachels and returning to the army's location unharmed - the Musketeers warn the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Winter about my lady's mission. Winter manages to arrest her in London. A young officer, Felton, has been assigned to guard my lady. Milady learns that her guard is a Puritan. She is called his fellow believer, allegedly seduced by Buckingham, slandered and branded as a thief, while in reality she suffers for her faith. Felton is smitten with my lady on the spot, Religiousness and strict discipline made him a man inaccessible to ordinary seductions. But the story told to him by my lady, shaken his hostility to her, and with her beauty and ostentatious piety, she won his pure heart, the felton helps Milady Winter escape. He instructs a familiar captain to deliver the unfortunate captive to Paris, and he himself infiltrates the Duke of Buckingham, who, in the execution of Richelieu's script, kills with a dagger.
Milady is hiding in the Carmelite monastery in Bethune, where Constance Bonacieux lives. Learning that d'Artagnan is to show up here any hour, my lady poisons the beloved of her main enemy and flees.
