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Three Musketeers. Roman (1844)
On the first Monday in April, 1625, the inhabitants of the town of Meng, on the outskirts of Paris, seemed excited as if the Huguenots had taken it into their heads to turn it into a second fortress of La Rochelle; a young man of eighteen years old rode into Meng on a red gelding without a tail.
His appearance, clothes and manners caused a flurry of ridicule in the crowd of townspeople. The horseman, 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 (that's the name of our hero) rushes with a bared sword at a noble gentleman in black; however, several townspeople with a club come running to help him. Waking up, d'Artagnan finds neither the offender, nor - what is much more serious - recommendation letter father to an old comrade-in-arms, the captain of the royal musketeers, Mr. de Treville, with a request to appoint a son who has reached the age of majority for military service.
His Majesty's Musketeers are the color of the guard, people without fear or reproach, and therefore they get away with their independent and reckless behavior. At that hour, when d'Artagnan is waiting for a reception at de Treville, Mr. Captain inflicts another thrashing (which does not entail, however, sad consequences) on his three favorites - Athos, Porto-su and Aramis.
De Treville, it should be noted, was outraged not by the fact that they had a fight with the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, but by allowing themselves to be arrested ... What a shame! Conversing with 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 in turn 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'Artagnan at the appointed place. The case takes an unexpected turn: the swords of all four are unsheathed against the ubiquitous guardsmen 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 owns weapons no worse than they are, and they accept d'Artagnan into their company.
Richelieu complains to the king: the musketeers are quite insolent. Louis XIII is more intrigued than upset.
He wants to know who is this unknown fourth, who was with Athos, Por-i-thos and Aramis. De Treville presents the Gascon to His Majesty - and the king enlists d'Artagnan to serve in his guard.
To d'Artagnan, who has stopped at his house, about whose prowess rumors are already creeping around Paris, the haberdasher Bonacier addresses: yesterday his young wife, the maid of Her Majesty Queen Anne of Austria, was kidnapped. By all accounts, the kidnapper is a stranger from Meng. The reason for the kidnapping is not the charms of Madame Bonacieux, but her proximity to the queen: in Paris, Lord Buckingham, beloved of Anne of Austria. Madame Bonacieux can lead on his trail. The queen is in danger: the king has abandoned her and is now pursued by Richelieu, she loses one after another faithful people; in addition to everything (or above all) she is a Spaniard in love with an Englishman, and Spain and England are the main opponents of France in the political arena. Monsieur Bonacieux himself was kidnapped after Constance; in their house a trap is set up for Lord Buckingham or someone close to him.
One night, d'Artagnan hears fuss and muffled women's cries in the house. It was Madame Bonacieux, who had escaped from custody, again fell into a mousetrap - now in her own house.
D'Artagnan takes her away from Richelieu's men and hides her in Athos' apartment.
Following all her exits into the city, he lies in wait for Constance in the company of a man in a musketeer's uniform.
Did friend Athos take it into his head to recapture the saved beauty from him? The jealous man quickly resigns himself: Madame Bonacieux's companion is Lord Buckingham, whom she takes to the Louvre on a date with the queen. Constance initiates d'Artagnan into the secrets of the heart of her mistress. He promises to protect the queen and Buckingham as her own; this conversation becomes their declaration of love.
Buckingham leaves Paris, taking away a gift from Queen Anne - twelve diamond pendants. Having found out about this, Richelieu advises the king to arrange a big ball, where the queen should appear in pendants - those that are now stored in London, in Buckingham's box.
He foresees the disgrace of the queen who rejected his claims and sends one of his best secret agents, my lady, to England. Racing with Milady Winter rushes to England d'Artagnan. Milady succeeds in what the cardinal has entrusted to her; however, time works for d'Artagnan, and he delivers ten pendants of the queen and two more exactly the same, made by a London jeweler in less than two days, to the Louvre! 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 prowess of the newly-witted musketeer and instructs the insidious Milady Winter to take care of him.
Intriguing against d'Artagnan and instilling in him a strong and contradictory passion, Milady at the same time seduces the Count de Wardes, a man who served as an obstacle to the Gascon on his journey to London, sent by the cardinal to help Milady. Cathy, milady's maid, being crazy about the young musketeer, shows him the letters of her mistress de Ward. D'Artagnan, under the guise of Comte de Wardes, comes on a date to Milady and, not recognized by her in the dark, receives a diamond ring as a token of love.
D'Artagnan hurries to present his adventure to his friends as funny joke; Athos, however, glooms at the sight of the ring. Milady's ring evokes a painful memory in him. This is a family jewel, presented by him on the night of love to the one whom he considered an angel and who in reality was a branded criminal, thief and murderer who broke the heart of Athos.
Athos' story is soon confirmed: on Milady's bare shoulder, her ardent lover d'Artagnan notices a brand in the form of a lily - the seal of eternal shame.
From now on, he is the enemy of milady.
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 uncle of her little son) - and she has long been striving to take over the entire state of the Winters! Nothing came of Milady's plan to pit d'Artagnan against de Barde. Milady's pride is wounded - Richelieu's ambition is also hurt. Having invited d'Artagnan to go to serve in his regiment of the guards and having been refused, the cardinal warns the young insolent: "From the minute you lose my patronage, no one will give you even a broken penny for your life!"...
The place of a soldier is in war.
Taking a vacation from de Treville, d'Artagnan and his three friends set off for the vicinity of La Rochelle, a port city that opens the gates to the French borders for the British. Closing them to England, Cardinal Richelieu completes the work 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, but about taking revenge on a more successful rival in love with the queen. Buckingham is the same: 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 two mightiest powers is the benevolent glance of Anna of Austria. The British besiege the fortress of Saint-Martin and Fort La Pre, the French - La Rochelle.
Before the 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 he has an enemy in the person of Richelieu. Behind him are 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 bad defense, rather, a reason for persecution ... His only unconditional acquisition is a ring with a diamond, whose brilliance, however, is overshadowed by the bitter memories of Athos.
By chance, Athos, Porthos and Aramis accompany the cardinal on his nightly walk incognito in the vicinity of La Rochelle. Athos in the tavern "Red Dovecote" hears the conversation of the cardinal with milady (it was Richelieu who went to meet her under the protection of musketeers).
He sends her to London as an intermediary in negotiations with Buckingham.
The negotiations, however, are not entirely diplomatic: Richelieu presents an ultimatum to his opponent. If Buckingham dares to take a decisive step in the current military confrontation, the cardinal promises to make public the documents discrediting the queen - evidence not only of her favor to the duke, but also of her collusion with the enemies of France. "And if Buckingham becomes stubborn?" asks milady. "In this case," as 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 fanatical murderer ... "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 opened to the enemy, repulsing several powerful attacks from La Rochelles and returning to the army unscathed - the musketeers warn the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Winter about the mission of milady. Winter manages to arrest her in London. The young officer Felton is entrusted to protect milady. Milady learns that her guardian is a puritan. She is called his co-religionist, allegedly seduced by Buckingham, slandered and branded as a thief, while in reality she suffers for her faith. Felton is smitten with my lady. Religiosity and strict discipline made him a man inaccessible to ordinary seductions. But the story told to him by Milady shook his hostility towards her, and with her beauty and ostentatious piety she conquered his pure heart. Felton helps Milady Winter escape. He instructs a familiar captain to deliver the unfortunate captive to Paris, and he himself penetrates to the Duke of Buckingham, whom, in fulfillment of Richelieu's scenario, he kills with a dagger.
Milady is hiding in the Carmelite convent in Bethune, where Constance Bonacieux is also hiding. Having learned that d'Artagnan should appear here any hour, milady poisons the beloved of her main enemy and flees. But she fails to escape retribution: musketeers rush in her footsteps.
At night in dark forest Milady is being judged. She is responsible for the death of Buckingham and Felton seduced by her.
She is responsible for the death of Constance and the instigation of d'Artagnan to kill de Wardes. Another - her very first victim - a young priest seduced by her, whom she persuaded to steal church utensils. Condemned to penal servitude for this, the shepherd of God laid hands on himself. His brother, an executioner from Lille, made it his life's goal to take revenge on Milady. 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 ill-fated past, married him. Unintentionally discovering the deceit, Athos, in a rage, committed lynching over his wife: he hung her on a tree. Fate gave her another chance: the Countess de la Fere was saved, 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 the above charges to her, the musketeers and Winter entrust Milady to the executioner of Lille. 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 trade, but my duty."
His blade shines in the moonlight broad 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?" "Incomparable!" - Responsible for himself and for friends Athos.
D'Artagnan - the protagonist 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 the maelstrom of court intrigues, entailing endless duels, skirmishes and adventures, unusually lucky, with his mind, 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 resting on his laurels 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. Proud, impudent and passionate, d'A appears. at the beginning of the novel, although at the same time he is not without naivety and some provinciality, which is 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 would leave unanswered the insult inflicted on him. Hot and unrestrained, he immediately appoints three duels with the musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who turn into a skirmish with the guards of the cardinal, and d'A. makes his choice in favor of the musketeers, existing and acting in the future according to their laws. Quite vain and ambitious, d'A. yet does not become a titanic hero, exalted above all others. He is not deprived of the lofty thoughts and impeccable decency that are inherent in Athos, as well as the endless charm inherent in Aramis.
Dumas tries to give his beloved character quite earthy features, making him slightly boastful, somewhat selfish and even selfish. Not at all in accordance with the code of honor of the nobility deceives d'A. Milady, when, taking advantage of the darkness, he comes to her on a date under a false name. However, this cunning, and sometimes even sinfulness, turns d'A. into a truly living image.
Milady is the former Comtesse de La Fere, wife of Athos, whom he hanged after seeing the brand of a 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 plans, and in the end, after M. kills d'Artagnan's beloved Constance Bonacieux, the musketeers execute her in a remote place called Armantere. Cunning, smart and heartless, M. stops at nothing for the sake of fulfilling her plans and political intrigues of Richelieu.
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, having upset Richelieu's plans. Deftly using the cardinal for his own purposes, M. knows how to cope with the most dangerous situations and invariably achieves his goal through dishonest intrigues and atrocities. The image of M. is in sharp contrast to the main characters - the noble musketeers - and is endowed with exclusively negative qualities. In the system of the novel, M. belongs to the role of the heroine-villain, 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 virtues of these heroes stand out even brighter.
Richelieu, the cardinal, is the first minister, who has virtually unlimited power even over King Louis XIII, one way or another participating in all the events taking place in the novel, and weaving cunning intrigues, mainly directed against Queen Anne of Austria. R. personifies the main opposing force to the Musketeers, with which they, however, cope, and ultimately reach reconciliation.
France in the novel by Dumas appears to be divided into two camps, one of which is ruled by a king and inhabited by musketeers, and the other is ruled by Cardinal R. with his guardsmen. The clash of opposing camps is invariably the beginning of any conflict in the novel. Driven, on the one hand, by state interests, and on the other hand, by love for the queen that did not find a response, R. is trying with all his might to destroy her, and at the same time the musketeers, who constantly find themselves in his path and rescue her majesty.
However, unlike Milady, R. is open, he is alien to duplicity, and therefore his image is not painted only in dark tones, not endowed with unambiguously negative qualities. R. is able to appreciate the directness, honor and nobility of the Musketeers and repeatedly invites them to go over to his side. The author recognizes behind him both the depth of mind, and the "indomitable fortitude", and worthy frankness: 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 mainly a duel of mind and characters, a dispute of equals.
Three Musketeers: Athos, Porthos and Aramis - friends of d'Artagnan, who helped him in everything, connected with him by inextricable bonds and common adventures, personifying the world so attractive for d'Artagnan, where honor, nobility and decency rule - as opposed to the world Cardinal Richelieu. Dumas gives the Musketeers everything possible positive qualities, sometimes turning them into frozen embodiments 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 consciousness. Behind each of them is a mysterious romantic backstory.
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 the stories of P. and Ar. become known in the continuation of the novel), 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. also shrouded in extraordinary mystery, and all attempts by d'Artagnan to penetrate this veil remain unsuccessful. As if weighed down by what they have experienced, 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 into trouble. The most tragic and at the same time the most exalted hero of Dumas is A. "Beautiful in body and soul", but "restrained, unsociable and taciturn", putting honor above everything in the world, he is extremely scrupulous and full of self-esteem. "As if for fun, exposing himself to 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 sugary and even hypocritical. Behind this soft shell, however, is hidden extraordinary masculinity. Three heroes perfectly complement each other, their union conveys the author's idea of the ideal, 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 camp of moderates, but did not pass. We know how much this freedom cost him, which he used with insane courage. Jord Sand called Alexandre Dumas "the genius of life". To this excellent characterization one could well add the words "... and love." Dumas could have several mistresses at once, however, he did not ...
Seen in his varied, adventurous life and to the end of his days retained these typical features. 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. We define the following goals of this work: - the influence of French culture on the work of A. Dumas; - the study of the work of A. Dumas on the example of specific novels. ...
On the first Monday in April, 1625, the inhabitants of the town of Meng, on the outskirts of Paris, seemed excited as if the Huguenots had taken it into their heads to turn it into a second fortress of La Rochelle; a young man of eighteen years old rode into Meng on a red gelding without a tail. His appearance, clothes and manners caused a flurry of ridicule in the crowd of townspeople. The horseman, 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 (that's the name of our hero) rushes with a bared sword at a noble gentleman in black; however, several townspeople with a club come running to help him. much more serious than the father's letter of recommendation to an old comrade-in-arms, the captain of the royal musketeers, Mr. de Treville, with a request to appoint a son who has reached the age of majority for military service.
His Majesty's Musketeers are the color of the guard, people without fear or reproach, and therefore they get away with their independent and reckless behavior. At that hour, when d "Artagnan is waiting for a reception at de Treville, Mr. Captain inflicts another headwash (which, however, does not entail sad consequences) on his three favorites - Athos, Porthos and Aramis. De Treville, it should be noted, was outraged not by that they started a fight with the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and allowed themselves to be arrested ... What a shame!
Talking with 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 in turn on the stairs. All three challenge him to a duel. The stranger in black manages to sneak away, but at the lesson Athos, Porthos and Aramis are waiting for d "Artagnan for an hour at the appointed place. The case takes an unexpected turn: the swords of all four are unsheathed against the ubiquitous guardsmen 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 owns weapons no worse than they are, and they accept d'Artagnan into their company.
Richelieu complains to the king: the musketeers are quite insolent. Louis XIII is more intrigued than upset. He wants to know who is 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.
To d'Artagnan, who has stopped at his house, about whose prowess rumors are already creeping around Paris, the haberdasher Bonacieux addresses: yesterday his young wife, the maid of Her Majesty Queen Anne of Austria, was kidnapped. By all signs, 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 on his trail, the queen is in danger: she has been abandoned by the king and is now pursued by Richelieu, she loses one after another faithful people; in addition to everything ( or above all) she is a Spaniard in love with an Englishman, and Spain and England are the main opponents of France in the political arena.Mr. Bonacieux himself is kidnapped after Constance; Lord Buckingham or someone close to him people.
One night, d "Artagnan hears fuss and muffled female cries in the house. This is Ms. Bonacieux, who fled from custody, again fell into a mousetrap - now in her own house. d" Artagnan beats her off from Richelieu's people and hides her in Athos's apartment .
Following all her exits into the city, he lies in wait for Constance in the company of a man in a musketeer's uniform. Did friend Athos take it into his head to recapture the saved beauty from him? The jealous man quickly resigns himself: Madame Bonacieux's companion is Lord Buckingham, whom she takes to the Louvre on a date with the queen. Constance initiates d'Artagnan into the heart secrets of her mistress. He promises to protect the queen and Buckingham as her own; this conversation becomes their declaration of love.
Buckingham leaves Paris, taking away a gift from Queen Anne - twelve diamond pendants. Having found out about this, Richelieu advises the king to arrange a big ball, where the queen should appear in pendants - those that are now stored in London, in Buckingham's box. He foresees the disgrace of the queen who rejected his claims and sends one of his best secret agents, Milady Winter, to England: she is to 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 faulty queen. Racing with Milady, Winter rushes to England d "Artagnan. Milady succeeds in what the cardinal instructed her; however, time works for d" Artagnan, and he delivers ten queen pendants 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 minted musketeer and instructs the insidious Milady Winter to take care of him.
Intriguing against d "Artagnan and instilling in him a strong and contradictory passion, Milady at the same time seduces the Comte de Wardes, a man who served as an obstacle to the Gascon on his journey to London, sent by the cardinal to help Milady. Cathy, Milady's maid, being crazy about the young musketeer, shows him the letters of his mistress de Ward. D "Artagnan, under the guise of Count de Ward, comes on a date to milady and, not recognized by her in the dark, receives a diamond ring as a token of love. D'Artagnan hurries to present his adventure to his friends as a funny joke; Athos, however, becomes gloomy at the sight of the ring. Milady's ring evokes a painful memory in him. was a branded criminal, a thief and a murderer who broke the heart of Athos. Athos' story is soon confirmed: on Milady's bare shoulder, her ardent lover d'Artagnan notices a brand in the form of a lily - the seal of eternal shame.
From now on, he is the enemy of milady. 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 uncle of her little son) - and yet she has long been striving to take over the entire fortune of the Winters! Milady and her plan to pit d "Artagnan with de Wardes. Milady's pride is wounded - Richelieu's ambition is also hurt. Inviting d "Artagnan to go to serve in his guards regiment and having been refused, the cardinal warns the young insolent: "From the minute you lose my patronage, no one will give a broken penny for your life!" ...
The place of a soldier is in war. Taking a vacation from de Treville, d'Artagnan and his three friends set off for the vicinity of La Rochelle, a port city that opens the gates to the French borders for the British. Closing them for England, Cardinal Richelieu completes the work 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, but about revenge on a more successful rival in love with the queen. Buckingham is the same: 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 two mightiest powers is the benevolent glance of Anna of Austria. The British besiege the fortress of Saint-Martin and Fort La Pre, the French - La Rochelle.
Before the 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 are many extraordinary adventures - but also the hatred of Milady, who will not miss the opportunity to take revenge on him. He is marked by the patronage of the queen - but this is a bad defense, rather a reason for persecution ... His only unconditional acquisition is a ring with a diamond, whose brilliance, however, is overshadowed by the bitter memories of Athos.
By chance, Athos, Porthos and Aramis accompany the cardinal on his nightly walk incognito in the vicinity of La Rochelle. Athos in the Red Dovecote tavern hears the conversation of the cardinal with milady (it was Richelieu who went to meet her under the guard of musketeers). He sends her to London as an intermediary in negotiations with Buckingham. The negotiations, however, are not entirely diplomatic: Richelieu presents an ultimatum to his opponent. If Buckingham dares to take a decisive step in the current military confrontation, the cardinal promises to make public the documents discrediting the queen - evidence not only of her favor to the duke, but also of her collusion with the enemies of France. "What if Buckingham gets stubborn?" asks milady. “In this case, as has happened more than once in history, a femme fatale should appear on the political stage, who will put a dagger into the hand of some fanatical killer ...” Milady perfectly understands Richelieu's hint. Well, she's just such a woman!
Having accomplished an unheard of feat - having dined on a bet on a bastion opened to the enemy, repulsing several powerful attacks from La Rochelles and returning to the army unscathed - the musketeers warn the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Winter about the mission of milady. Winter manages to arrest her in London. The young officer Felton is entrusted to protect milady. Milady learns that her guardian is a puritan. She is called his co-religionist, allegedly seduced by Buckingham, slandered and branded as a thief, while in reality she suffers for her faith. Felton is smitten with my lady. Religiosity and strict discipline made him a man inaccessible to ordinary seductions. But the story told to him by Milady shook his hostility towards her, and with her beauty and ostentatious piety she conquered his pure heart. Felton helps Milady Winter escape. He instructs a familiar captain to deliver the unfortunate captive to Paris, and he himself penetrates to the Duke of Buckingham, whom, in fulfillment of Richelieu's scenario, he kills with a dagger.
Milady is hiding in the Carmelite convent in Bethune, where Constance Bonacieux is also hiding. Having learned that d'Artagnan should appear here any hour, milady poisons the beloved of her main enemy and flees. But she fails to escape retribution: musketeers rush in her footsteps.
At night, in a dark forest, a trial is being held against my lady. She is responsible for the death of Buckingham and Felton seduced by her. On her conscience is the death of Constance and the instigation of d "Artagnan to kill de Barde. Another - her very first victim - a young priest seduced by her, whom she persuaded to steal church utensils. Condemned for this to penal servitude, the shepherd of God laid hands on himself. brother, the executioner from Lille, made it his life's goal to take revenge on Milady. Once he had already overtaken her and branded her, but the criminal hid in the castle of the Comte de la Fera - Athos and, keeping silent about the unfortunate past, married him. rage committed lynching over his wife: he hung her on a tree. Fate gave her another chance: the Countess de la Fere was saved, 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 the above charges to her, the Musketeers and Winter entrust Milady to the executioner of Lille. 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 trade, but my duty."
In the moonlight, the blade of his broadsword gleams...
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 fun on vacation?” "Incomparable!" - Athos is responsible for himself and for his friends.
Alexandr Duma. Three Musketeers
Second part
Chapters 1-5
ill. Maurice Leloir. New York, 1894
1 chapter. English and French
Four Englishmen are about to fight the French.
The British want to know the true names of the opponents.
They fight according to the code of honor.
The dead man's purse is nobly given to the latter's coachman.
Lord Winter thanks the Gascon and wants to introduce him to Milady.
D'Artagnan remarks that Milady is insincere.
Milady reveals that Lord Winter is her brother. ex-husband who died and left her a widow with a child.
The young man seems to fall in love.
The Gascon's eyes are constantly being met by Cathy, Milady's soubrette.
Chapter 2 Attorney's Lunch
Porthos goes to visit the prosecutor: he wants to see the treasured chest of her husband.
The house makes a bad impression on him.
The prosecutor himself turned out to be a wizened, decrepit old man.
His wife introduced Porthos as a cousin.
Their food is more than rubbish.
Porthos returned home in a bad state of mind.
Chapter 3 subrete and mistress
Soubrette Kathy invites the young man to her room.
It turns out that her room communicates with the milady's bedroom.
The young man learns the secret of milady's love from a note that he takes from the soubrette.
Gascon hides in large closet and from the conversation of the ladies he understands that my lady hates him and is ready to take revenge.
D'Artagnan answers Milady's letter with the name of the Comte de Wardes.
Katie suffers that she still passes the note.
Chapter 4 Where it says about the equipment of Aramis and Porthos
All friends gathered at Athos, who, as a passion, did not like to give advice.
Mushketon comes and informs him that a man from Tours has come to him. A homeless person gives Porthos money from his real lover.
The bum turned out to be a Spanish grandee, but Porthos did not have time to thank him.
Blunderbuss was driving a creepy-looking horse and mule down the street.
D'Artagnan recognizes his horse in the nag - this is a stingy present from the prosecutor to Porthos.
The blunderbuss took the animals to the prosecutor's house and tied them to the knocker on the doorknob.
The prosecutor is ashamed and asks Porthos to be merciful.
She hints that her husband will slip away to some duke for two hours and that Porthos will come to visit.
Then, he says, we will calculate how much the equipment costs.
Chapter 5 At night all cats are gray
D'Artagnan sees the difference in the nobility of Milady and her soubrette.
Milady prepares to meet supposedly Comte de Wardes.
Instead, there is a Gascon.
Milady does not recognize him and gives him a ring.
In the ring, Athos recognizes his family jewel and almost understands that Milady is his ex-wife.
D'Artagnan writes a letter to Milady on behalf of the Count, that he will not be able to visit Milady's house often, because business.
Milady is furious: a nobleman could not write such a letter to a woman.
She faints, but quickly comes to her senses, showing that she is strong.
1 chapter. English and French
1. At the appointed time, friends, along with four servants, appeared on a fenced wasteland behind the Luxembourg Palace, where ...
Answer: The goats were grazing.
2. Why did the British ask the Musketeers to give their names?
Answer: You can play with anyone, fight - only with an equal.
3. Athos: You'd better not ask me to reveal my name. Why?
Answer: He was considered dead.
4. What would Athos do to a person who knew his real name?
Answer: I would kill.
Answer: He was in a hurry, like a man who has little time. He had to finish the third canto of his poem .
6. To whom did they give the purse of the man killed by the sword of Athos?
Answer: They gave it to a footman, or rather a coachman.
7. D'Artagnan is introduced to Milady. He immediately noticed something sinister in the face of the lady. Why didn't Winter notice this?
Answer: He turned away to caress milady's monkey.
8. What contradictory things did the Gascon notice in Milady's face?
9. Two details about milady.
Answer: Lord Winter is not her brother, but the brother of her supposedly deceased husband. Her husband left her as a widow with a child.
Chapter 2 Attorney's Lunch
10. Porthos wanted to teach the prosecutor's servants the techniques of basset, galbic and landsknecht. What exactly?
Answer: card games
11. The servants had blooming faces. What did it say?
Answer: About the habit of prosperity.
12. Three and a half scribes. Like this?
Answer: One of the scribes was short
13. When Porthos passed through the rooms of the prosecutor's house, where did he cast a particularly penetrating glance?
Answer: To the kitchen.
14. The prosecutor's wife's husband was decrepit and withered. But still, there was life somewhere. Where?
Answer: Mouth and eyes
15. With what accessories did the scribes come to dinner?
Answer: With stools
16. Who could be mistaken for scribes who sat down at the dinner table?
Answer: For people who were shipwrecked and had not seen food for six whole weeks.
17. Soup was served. There were croutons floating there. What comparison did Dumas come up with toast?
Answer: Croutons in the soup are as rare as the islands of the archipelago
18. After the soup, the maid served luxury, at the sight of which the eyes of all those present almost popped out on their foreheads.
Answer: It was boiled chicken, very old
19. - Eat these beans, cousin Porthos, - said Mrs. Cochnar. How did the Musketeer translate these words?
Answer: Don't eat them
20. Mrs. Koknard put Porthos on a plate chicken wing. Why this particular part of the bird?
Answer: Wing - a symbol of flight
21. Very quickly the hostess drives the scribes away from dining table. He says go to work...
Answer: Work is good for digestion
22. Porthos hinted to the lady that he needed a saddle. But he already had a seat. It was Buckingham's gift to the Gascon. So why did he ask for a saddle?
Answer: He expected to pocket 300 livres intended for the purchase of a saddle.
Chapter 3 subrete and mistress
23. What was interesting about Katie's room?
Answer: Her room communicated with milady's bedroom
24. What did the soubrette present to the Gascon as proof that her mistress did not love him?
Answer: Milady's note to the Comte de Wardes
25. He who hunts for an eagle does not pay attention to a sparrow. Translate this phrase.
Answer: He was consumed by the desire to please a noble lady and neglected the soubrette.
26. Kathy demanded proof of the love of the Gascon. How was he supposed to prove it?
Answer: To spend the hours with her at night which I used to spend with my lady.
27. Why does Dumas send Catty to the lover of Bonacieux D'Artagnan?
Answer: Dumas knew that Bonacieux was destined to die, and Catty would replace his failed love.
28. Hiding in a closet in Katie's room, the Gascon learns from the lips of milady one terrible secret for him. What?
Answer: Milady: I would have avenged him long ago if the cardinal hadn't ordered me to spare him, I don't know why.
29. Why did D'Artagnan force Catty to give the notes to him?
Answer: By mistake, Catty gave the first note not to the servant of the Comte de Wardes, but to the servant of the Gascon.
Chapter 4 Where it says about the equipment of Aramis and Porthos
30. Since the four friends were busy looking for equipment, they stopped regularly getting together. However, once a week, at about one in the afternoon, it was agreed to meet ...
Answer: In Athos' apartment
31. Athos and councils. What do you say about this?
Answer: He only gave advice when asked. Athos was of the opinion that everyone is free in his actions.
32. Aramis is informed that a man from Tours has come to him. For what purpose did this person come?
Answer: Transfer money for equipment from beloved Aramis
33. A man asks Aramis for a talisman to give a present.
Answer: It was an embroidered cambric handkerchief.
34. Lady Aramis asked to give a person a worthy reception. Why give it to a servant?
Answer: Under the guise of a servant, a Spanish grandee was hiding. They must have been bored too.
35. Gascon: If these plums are sent to you from Tours, then please convey my admiration to the gardener who grew them. What plums?
Answer: It was about one hundred and fifty double Spanish pistoles.
36. Aramis' answer?
Answer: This is the fee for a poem written in one-syllable verse
37.– Oh, what a terrible horse! What bug were you talking about?
Answer: It was the same Gascon horse.
38. A terrible horse and a mule were taken to where they belonged. But how did Ms Cochnar decide to get out of her predicament?
Answer: She invited Aramis home in the evening due to the departure of her husband in order to calculate everything and give him money for equipment.
39. It somehow turns out badly that the Musketeers live at the expense of their mistresses, Dumas did not mess up anything?
Answer: I didn't mess up. Such were the customs of France at that time.
Chapter 5 At night all cats are gray
40. D'Artagnan looked at these two women in turn and was forced to admit in his soul that, in creating them, nature made a mistake ...
Answer: She gave a noble lady a corrupt and low soul, and a soubrette - the heart of a duchess. [Psychological test: what are you - determine for yourself.]
41. Milady extended her hand to him for a kiss. This was not done out of coquetry...
Answer: Out of gratitude for the fact that he is leaving.
42. Having received a letter allegedly from the count, how did milady thank the soubrette?
Answer: She gave her a wallet.
43. In response to a gentle touch ... We unravel the gesture.
Answer: She asked to be protected from milady.
44. Milady ordered to extinguish all the lamps in the house, even in the bedroom. Cause?
Answer: She was waiting for de Wardes and wanted no one to catch him .
45. Together with the count, a Gascon goes on a date. Milady: I love you too. And as a token of his love, he gives something.
Answer: Magnificent sapphire set in diamonds.
46. What did Athos learn from this present?
Answer: Family jewel.
Three Musketeers
Alexandr Duma
Three Musketeers
On the first Monday in April 1625, the population of the town of Meng on the outskirts of Paris seemed excited as if the Huguenots had decided to turn it into a second fortress of Larochelle: a young man of eighteen years old rode into Meng on a red gelding without a tail. His appearance, clothes 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. Another thing is an insult inflicted by an equal: d "Artagnan (that's the name of our hero) rushes with a bared sword at a noble gentleman in black; however, several townspeople with a club come running to help him. much more serious - a letter of recommendation from his father to an old comrade-in-arms, the captain of the royal musketeers, Mr. de Treville, with a request to appoint a son who has reached the age of majority for military service.
His Majesty's Musketeers are the color of the guard, people without fear or reproach, for which they get away with independent and reckless behavior. At that hour, when d "Artagnan is waiting for a reception at de Treville, Mr. Captain inflicts another headwash (which, however, does not entail sad consequences) on his three favorites - Athos, Porthos and Aramis. De Treville, it should be noted, was outraged not by that they started a fight with the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and allowed themselves to be arrested ... What a shame!
Talking with 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 in turn on the stairs. All three challenge him to a duel. The stranger in black manages to sneak away, but in Athos, Porthos and Aramis are waiting for the appointed hour at the appointed place. The case takes an unexpected turn; the swords of all four are unsheathed 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 owns weapons no worse than they are, and they accept d'Artagnan into their company.
Richelieu complains to the king: the musketeers are completely insolent. Louis XIII is more intrigued than upset. He wants to know who is 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.
To d'Artagnan, who stopped at his house, about whose valor rumors are already creeping around Paris, the haberdasher Bonacieux addresses: yesterday his young wife, the maid of Her Majesty Queen Anne of Austria, was kidnapped. By all signs, 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 on his trail, the queen is in danger: the king has abandoned her, she is pursued by Richelieu, who lusts for her, she loses one after another faithful people, in addition to all (or above all) she is a Spaniard in love with an Englishman, and Spain and England are the main opponents of France in the political arena.Mr. Bonacieux himself is kidnapped after Constance; from people close to him.
One night, d "Artagnan hears fuss and muffled female cries in the house. This is Ms. Bonacieux, who fled from custody, again fell into a mousetrap - now in her own house. d" Artagnan beats her off from Richelieu's people and hides her in Athos's apartment .
Watching all her exits into the city, he lies in wait for Constance in the company of a man in a musketeer's uniform. Did friend Athos take it into his head to recapture 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 the Queen. Constance initiates d'Artagnan into the secrets of the heart of his mistress. He promises to protect the queen and Buckingham, as her own; this conversation becomes their declaration of love.
Buckingham leaves Paris, taking away a gift from Queen Anne - twelve diamond pendants. Having found out about this, Richelieu advises the king to arrange a big ball, to which the queen should appear in pendants - those that are now stored in London, in Buckingham's box. He foresees the disgrace of the queen who rejected his claims - and sends one of his best secret agents, Milady Winter, to England: she is to steal two pendants from Buckingham - even if the remaining ten miraculously return to Paris for the big ball, the cardinal will be able to prove the faulty queen. Racing with Milady, Winter rushes to England d "Artagnan. Milady succeeds in what the cardinal instructed her; however, time works for d" Artagnan - and he delivers ten queen pendants 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. There are, however, losses: Richelieu learns about the valor of the newly minted musketeer and instructs the insidious Milady Winter to patronize him.
Weaving intrigues against d "Artagnan and instilling in him a strong and contradictory passion, Milady at the same time seduces the Count de Wardes, a man who served as an obstacle to the Gascon on his journey to London, sent by the cardinal to help Milady. Catty, Milady's servant, being crazy about the young musketeer, shows him the letters of his mistress de Ward. D "Artagnan, under the guise of Count de Ward, comes on a date to milady and, not recognized by her in the dark, receives a diamond ring as a token of love. D'Artagnan hurries to present his adventure to his friends as a funny joke; Athos, however, becomes gloomy at the sight of the ring. Milady's ring evokes a painful memory in him. in reality, she was a branded criminal, a thief and a murderer who broke the heart of Athos. Athos' story is soon confirmed: on Milady's bare shoulder, her ardent lover d'Artagnan notices a brand in the form of a lily - the seal of eternal shame.
From now on, he is the enemy of milady. He is privy to her secret. He refused to kill Lord Winter - he only disarmed, after which he reconciled with him (the brother of her late husband and the uncle of her little son) - and she has long been striving to take over the entire fortune of the Winters! Milady and her plan to pit d "Artagnan with de Barde did not work out. Milady's pride was hurt - but also Richelieu's ambition. Inviting d" Artagnan to serve in his guards regiment and being refused, the cardinal warns the young insolent: "From that moment, when you lose my patronage, no one will give even a broken penny for your life!
The place of a soldier is in war. Taking a vacation from de Treville, d'Artagnan and his three friends go to the vicinity of Larochelle, a port city that opens the gates to the French borders for the British. Closing them to England, Cardinal Richelieu completes the work of Jeanne d'Arc and the Duke of Guise. Victory over England for Richelieu is not so much about ridding the king of France from the enemy, but about taking revenge on a more successful rival in love with the queen. Buckingham is the same: 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 two mightiest powers is the benevolent glance of Anna of Austria. The British besiege the fortress of Saint-Martin and Fort La Pre, the French - La Rochelle.
Before the 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 are many extraordinary adventures - but also the hatred of milady, who will not miss the opportunity to take revenge on him. He is marked by the patronage of the queen - but this is a bad defense, rather a reason for persecution ... His only unconditional acquisition is a diamond ring, whose brilliance, however, is overshadowed by the bitter memories of Athos.
By chance, Athos, Porthos and Aramis accompany the cardinal on his nightly walk incognito in the vicinity of Larochelle. Athos in the Red Dovecote tavern hears the conversation of the cardinal with milady (it was Richelieu who went to meet her under the guard of musketeers). He sends her to London as an intermediary in negotiations with Buckingham. The negotiations, however, are not entirely diplomatic: Richelieu presents an ultimatum to his opponent. If Buckingham dares to take a decisive step in the current military confrontation, the cardinal promises to make public documents discrediting the queen - evidence not only of her favor to the duke, but also of her collusion with the enemies of France. "What if Buckingham gets stubborn?" asks milady. - “In this case, as has happened more than once in history, a fatal woman should appear on the political stage, who will put a dagger into 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 opened to the enemy, repulsing several powerful attacks of the Larochels and returning to the army unscathed - the musketeers warn the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Winter about the mission of milady. Winter manages to arrest her in London. The young officer Felton is entrusted to protect milady. Milady learns that her guardian is a puritan. She is called his co-religionist, allegedly seduced by Buckingham, slandered and branded as a thief, while in reality she suffers for her faith. Felton is smitten by my lady on the spot. Religiosity and strict discipline have made him a man inaccessible to ordinary seductions. But the story told to him by Milady shook his hostility towards her, and with her beauty and ostentatious piety she conquered his pure heart, the felton helps Milady Winter to escape. He instructs a familiar captain to deliver the unfortunate captive to Paris, and he himself penetrates to the Duke of Buckingham, whom, in fulfillment of Richelieu's scenario, he kills with a dagger.
Milady is hiding in the Carmelite convent in Bethune, where Constance Bonacieux also lives. Having learned that d'Artagnan should appear here from one hour to the next, Milady poisons the beloved of her main enemy and flees. But she fails to escape retribution: musketeers rush in her footsteps.
At night, in a dark forest, a trial is being held against my lady. She is responsible for the death of Buckingham and Felton seduced by her. On her conscience, the death of Constance and the instigation of d "Artagnan to kill de Wardes. Another - her very first victim - a young priest seduced by her, whom she persuaded to steal church utensils. Condemned for this to penal servitude, the shepherd of God laid hands on himself. brother, the executioner from Lille, made it his life's goal to take revenge on Milady. Once he had already overtaken her and branded her, but the criminal then hid in the castle of the Comte de la Fere - Athos and, keeping silent about the ill-fated past, married him. Accidentally discovering deceit, Athos in a rage, he committed lynching over his wife: he hung her on a tree. Fate gave her another chance: the Countess de la Fere was saved, and she returned to life and to her heinous 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 the above charges to her, the Musketeers and Winter entrust Milady to the executioner of Lille. Athos gives him a purse of gold - a payment for hard work, but he throws the gold into the river: "Today I am not doing my craft, but my duty." The blade of his wide sword shines in the moonlight ... Three days later, the Musketeers return to Paris and present themselves to their captain de Treville. “Well, gentlemen,” the brave captain asks them. "Did you have a good time on vacation?" - "Unbelievable!" - Responsible for himself and for friends Athos.
On the first Monday in April 1625, the population of the town of Meng on the outskirts of Paris seemed excited as if the Huguenots had decided to turn it into a second fortress of Larochelle: a young man of eighteen years old rode into Meng on a red gelding without a tail. His appearance, clothes 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. Another thing is an insult inflicted by an equal: d'Artagnan (that is the name of our hero) rushes with a bared sword at a noble gentleman in black; however, several townspeople with a club come running to help him. Waking up, d'Artagnan finds neither the offender, nor - what is much more serious - a letter of recommendation from his father to an old comrade-in-arms, the captain of the royal musketeers, Mr. de Treville, with a request to determine the offspring who has come of age for military service.
His Majesty's Musketeers are the color of the guard, people without fear or reproach, for which they get away with independent and reckless behavior. At that hour, when d'Artagnan is waiting for a reception at de Treville, Mr. Captain inflicts another thrashing (which, however, does not entail sad consequences) on his three favorites - Athos, Porthos and Aramis. De Treville, it should be noted, was outraged not by the fact that they had a fight with the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, but by allowing themselves to be arrested ... What a shame!
Conversing with 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 in turn 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'Artagnan at the appointed place. The case takes an unexpected turn; the swords of all four are unsheathed 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 owns weapons no worse than they are, and they accept d'Artagnan into their company.
Richelieu complains to the king: the musketeers are completely insolent. Louis XIII is more intrigued than upset. He wants to know who is 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.
To d’Artagnan, who has stopped at his house, about whose prowess rumors are already creeping around Paris, the haberdasher Bonacieux addresses: yesterday his young wife, the maid of Her Majesty Queen Anne of Austria, was kidnapped. By all accounts, the kidnapper is a stranger from Meng. The reason for the kidnapping is not the charms of Madame Bonacieux, but her proximity to the queen: in Paris, Lord Buckingham, beloved of Anna of Austria. Madame Bonacieux can lead on his trail. The queen is in danger: the king has left her, she is pursued by Richelieu, who lusts for her, she loses her faithful people one by one; in addition to everything (or above all) she is a Spaniard in love with an Englishman, and Spain and England are the main opponents of France in the political arena. Monsieur Bonacieux himself was kidnapped after Constance; in their house, a trap is set up for Lord Buckingham or someone close to him.
One night, d'Artagnan hears fuss and muffled women's cries in the house. It was Madame Bonacieux, who had escaped from custody, again fell into a mousetrap - now in her own house. D'Artagnan takes her away from Richelieu's men and hides her in Athos' apartment.
Watching all her exits into the city, he lies in wait for Constance in the company of a man in a musketeer's uniform. Did friend Athos take it into his head to recapture the saved beauty from him? The jealous man quickly resigns himself: Madame Bonacieux's companion is Lord Buckingham, whom she takes to Dover on a date with the queen. Constance initiates d'Artagnan into the secrets of the heart of her mistress. He promises to protect the Queen and Buckingham as her own; this conversation becomes their declaration of love.
Buckingham leaves Paris, taking away a gift from Queen Anne - twelve diamond pendants. Having found out about this, Richelieu advises the king to arrange a big ball, to which the queen should appear in pendants - those that are now stored in London, in Buckingham's box. He foresees the disgrace of the queen who rejected his claims - and sends one of his best secret agents, Milady Winter, to England: she has to steal two pendants from Buckingham - even if the remaining ten miraculously return to Paris for the big ball, the cardinal will be able to prove the faulty queen. Racing with Milady Winter rushes to England d'Artagnan. Milady succeeds in what the cardinal has entrusted to her; however, time works for d'Artagnan - and he delivers ten pendants of the queen and two more exactly the same, made by a London jeweler in less than two days, to the Louvre! 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, losses: Richelieu learns about the prowess of the newly minted musketeer and instructs the insidious Milady Winter to patronize him.
Weaving intrigues against d'Artagnan and instilling in him a strong and contradictory passion, Milady at the same time seduces the Count de Wardes - a man who served as an obstacle to the Gascon on his journey to London, sent by the cardinal to help Milady. Cathy, milady's maid, being crazy about the young musketeer, shows him the letters of her mistress de Ward. D'Artagnan, under the guise of Comte de Wardes, goes on a date with Milady and, not recognized by her in the dark, receives a diamond ring as a token of love. D'Artagnan hurries to present his adventure to his friends as a funny joke; Athos, however, glooms at the sight of the ring. Milady's ring evokes a painful memory in him. This is a family jewel, given by him on the night of love to the one whom he considered an angel and who in reality was a branded criminal, thief and murderer who broke the heart of Athos. Athos' story is soon confirmed: on Milady's bare shoulder, her ardent lover d'Artagnan notices a brand in the form of a lily - the seal of eternal shame.
From now on, he is the enemy of milady. 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 she has long been striving to take over the entire fortune of the Winters! Milady and her plan to pit d'Artagnan against de Barde did not succeed. Milady's pride is wounded, but so is Richelieu's ambition. Inviting d'Artagnan to go to serve in his regiment of guards and having been refused, the cardinal warns the young insolent: "From the minute you lose my protection, no one will give you a broken penny for your life!" ...
The place of a soldier is in war. Taking a vacation from de Treville, d'Artagnan and his three friends set off for the vicinity of Larochelle, a port city that opens the gates to the French borders for the British. Closing them to England, Cardinal Richelieu completes the work 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, but about taking revenge on a more successful rival in love with the queen. Buckingham is the same: 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 two mightiest powers is the benevolent glance of Anna of Austria. The British besiege the fortress of Saint-Martin and Fort La Pre, the French - La Rochelle.
Before the 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 he has an enemy in the person of Richelieu. Behind him are 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 bad defense, rather, a reason for persecution ... His only unconditional acquisition is a ring with a diamond, whose brilliance, however, is overshadowed by the bitter memories of Athos.
By chance, Athos, Porthos and Aramis accompany the cardinal on his nightly walk incognito in the vicinity of Larochelle. Athos in the Red Dovecote tavern hears the conversation of the cardinal with milady (it was Richelieu who went to meet her under the guard of musketeers). He sends her to London as an intermediary in negotiations with Buckingham. The negotiations, however, are not entirely diplomatic: Richelieu presents an ultimatum to his opponent. If Buckingham dares to take a decisive step in the current military confrontation, the cardinal promises to make public documents discrediting the queen - evidence not only of her favor to the duke, but also of her collusion with the enemies of France. "What if Buckingham gets stubborn?" asks milady. - “In this case, as has happened more than once in history, a fatal woman should appear on the political stage, who will put a dagger into 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 Larochelles and returning to the army unharmed - the musketeers warn the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Winter about the mission of milady. Winter manages to arrest her in London. The young officer Felton is entrusted to protect milady. Milady learns that her guardian is a puritan. She is called his co-religionist, allegedly seduced by Buckingham, slandered and branded as a thief, while in reality she suffers for her faith. Felton is smitten by my lady on the spot. Religiosity and strict discipline have made him a man inaccessible to ordinary seductions. But the story told to him by Milady shook his hostility towards her, and with her beauty and ostentatious piety she conquered his pure heart, the felton helps Milady Winter to escape. He instructs a familiar captain to deliver the unfortunate captive to Paris, and he himself penetrates to the Duke of Buckingham, whom, in fulfillment of Richelieu's scenario, he kills with a dagger.
Milady is hiding in the Carmelite convent in Bethune, where Constance Bonacieux also lives. Having learned that d'Artagnan should appear here from one hour to the next, Milady poisons the beloved of her main enemy and flees.
