THE YEARS LATER

Volume I.
CHAPTER 1.	The Letter.
CHAPTER 2.	The Messenger.
CHAPTER 3.	The Interview.
CHAPTER 4.	Father and Son.
CHAPTER 5.	In which Something will be said of Cropoli and of a Great Unknown Painter.
CHAPTER 6.	The Unknown.
CHAPTER 7.	Parry.
CHAPTER 8.	What his Majesty King Louis XIV. was at the Age of Twenty-Two
CHAPTER 9.	In which the Unknown of the Hostelry of Les Medici loses his Incognito.
CHAPTER 10.	The Arithmetic of M. de Mazarin
CHAPTER 11.	Mazarin's Policy
CHAPTER 12.	The King and the Lieutenant
CHAPTER 13.	Mary de Mancini
CHAPTER 14.	In which the King and the Lieutenant each give Proofs of Memory
CHAPTER 15.	The Proscribed
CHAPTER 16.	"Remember!"
CHAPTER 17.	In which Aramis is sought and only Bazin is found
CHAPTER 18.	In which D'Artagnan seeks Porthos, and only finds Mousqueton
CHAPTER 19.	What D'Artagnan went to Paris for
CHAPTER 20.	Of the Society which was formed in the Rue des Lombards, at the Sign of the Pilon d'Or
CHAPTER 21.	In which D'Artagnan prepares to travel for the Firm of Planchet and Company
CHAPTER 22.	D'Artagnan travels for the House of Planchet and Company
CHAPTER 23.	In which the Author, very unwillingly, is forced to write a Little History
CHAPTER 24.	The Treasure
CHAPTER 25.	The March
CHAPTER 26.	Heart and Mind
CHAPTER 27.	The Next Day
CHAPTER 28.	Smuggling
CHAPTER 29.	In which D'Artagnan begins to fear he has placed his Money and that of Planchet in the Sinking Fund
CHAPTER 30.	The Shares of Planchet and Company rise again to Par
CHAPTER 31.	Monk reveals himself
CHAPTER 32.	Athos and D'Artagnan meet once more at the Hostelry of the Corne du Cerf
CHAPTER 33.	The Audience.
CHAPTER 34.	Of the Embarrassment of Riches
CHAPTER 35.	On the Canal
CHAPTER 36.	How D'Artagnan drew, as a Fairy would have done, a Country-seat from a Deal Box
CHAPTER 37.	How D'Artagnan regulated the "Assets" of the Company before he established its "Liabilities"
CHAPTER 38.	In which it is seen that the French Grocer had already been established in the Seventeenth Century
CHAPTER 39.	Mazarin's Gaming Party
CHAPTER 40.	An Affair of State
CHAPTER 41.	The Recital
CHAPTER 42.	In which Mazarin becomes Prodigal
CHAPTER 43.	Guenaud
CHAPTER 44.	Colbert
CHAPTER 45.	Confession of a Man of Wealth
CHAPTER 46.	The Donation
CHAPTER 47.	How Anne of Austria gave one Piece of Advice to Louis XIV., and how M. Fouquet gave him another.
CHAPTER 48.	Agony
CHAPTER 49.	The First Appearance of Colbert
CHAPTER 50.	The First Day of the Royalty of Louis XIV
CHAPTER 51.	A Passion
CHAPTER 52.	D'Artagnan's Lesson
CHAPTER 53.	The King
CHAPTER 54.	The Houses of M. Fouquet
CHAPTER 55.	The Abbe Fouquet
CHAPTER 56.	M. de la Fontaine's Wine
CHAPTER 57.	The Gallery of Saint-Mande
CHAPTER 58.	Epicureans
CHAPTER 59.	A Quarter of an Hour's Delay
CHAPTER 60.	Plan of Battle
CHAPTER 61.	The Cabaret of the Image-de-Notre-Dame
CHAPTER 62.	Vive Colbert!
CHAPTER 63.	How M. d'Eymeris's Diamond passed into the Hands of M. D'Artagnan.
CHAPTER 64.	Of the Notable Difference D'Artagnan finds between Monsieur the Intendant and Monsieur the Superintendent
CHAPTER 65.	Philosophy of the Heart and Mind
CHAPTER 66.	The Journey
CHAPTER 67.	How D'Artagnan became acquainted with a Poet, who had turned Printer for the sake of printing his own Verses
CHAPTER 68.	D'Artagnan continues his Investigations
CHAPTER 69.	In which the Reader, no doubt, will be as astonished as D'Artagnan was to meet an Old Acquaintance
CHAPTER 70.	Wherein the Ideas of D'Artagnan, at first strangely clouded, begin to clear up a little.
CHAPTER 71.	A Procession at Vannes
CHAPTER 72.	The Grandeur of the Bishop of Vannes
CHAPTER 73.	In which Porthos begins to be sorry for having come with D'Artagnan
CHAPTER 74.	In which D'Artagnan makes all Speed, Porthos snores, and Aramis counsels
CHAPTER 75.	In which Monsieur Fouquet acts
CHAPTER 76.	In which D'Artagnan finishes by at length placing his Hand upon his Captain's Commission
CHAPTER 77.	A Lover and his Mistress
CHAPTER 78.	In which we at length see the true Heroine of this History appear
CHAPTER 79.	Malicorne and Manicamp
CHAPTER 80.	Manicamp and Malicorne
CHAPTER 81.	The Courtyard of the Hotel Grammont
CHAPTER 82.	The Portrait of Madame
CHAPTER 83.	Havre
CHAPTER 84.	At Sea
CHAPTER 85.	The Tents
CHAPTER 86.	Night
CHAPTER 87.	From Havre to Paris
CHAPTER 88.	An Account of what the Chevalier de Lorraine thought of Madame
CHAPTER 89.	A Surprise for Madame de Montalais
CHAPTER 90.	The Consent of Athos
CHAPTER 91.	Monsieur becomes jealous of the Duke of Buckingham
CHAPTER 92.	Forever!
CHAPTER 93.	King Louis XIV. does not think Mademoiselle de la Valliere either rich enough or pretty enough
CHAPTER 94.	Sword-thrusts in the Water
CHAPTER 95.	Sword-thrusts in the Water (concluded)
CHAPTER 96.	Baisemeaux de Montlezun
CHAPTER 97.	The King's Card-table
CHAPTER 98.	M. Baisemeaux de Montlezun's Accounts
CHAPTER 99.	The Breakfast at Monsieur de Baisemeaux's
CHAPTER 100.	The Second Floor of la Bertaudiere
CHAPTER 101.	The Two Friends
CHAPTER 102.	Madame de Belliere's Plate
CHAPTER 103.	The Dowry
CHAPTER 104.	Le Terrain de Dieu

TWENTY YEARS AFTER

Second Volume of the d'Artagnan Series

1910

By Alexandre Dumas, Pere


1.	The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu.
2.	A Nightly Patrol.
3.	Dead Animosities.
4.	Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-six.
5.	The Gascon and the Italian.
6.	D'Artagnan in his Fortieth Year.
7.	Touches upon the Strange Effects a Half-pistole may have.
8.	D'Artagnan, Going to a Distance to discover Aramis.
9.	The Abbe D'Herblay.
10.	Monsieur Porthos du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds.
11.	Wealth does not necessarily produce Happiness.
12.	Porthos was Discontented with his Condition.
13.	Two Angelic Faces.
14.	The Castle of Bragelonne.
15.	Athos as a Diplomatist.
16.	The Duc de Beaufort.
17.	Duc de Beaufort amused his Leisure Hours in the Donjon of Vincennes.
18.	Grimaud begins his Functions.
19.	Pates made by the Successor of Father Marteau are described.
20.	One of Marie Michon's Adventures.
21.	The Abbe Scarron.
22.	Saint Denis.
23.	One of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufort.
24.	The timely Arrival of D'Artagnan in Paris.
25.	An Adventure on the High Road.
26.	The Rencontre.
27.	The four old Friends prepare to meet again.
28.	The Place Royale.
29.	The Ferry across the Oise.
30.	Skirmishing.
31.	The Monk.
32.	The Absolution.
33.	Grimaud Speaks.
34.	On the Eve of Battle.
35.	A Dinner in the Old Style.
36.	A Letter from Charles the First.
37.	Cromwell's Letter.
38.	Henrietta Maria and Mazarin.
39.	How, sometimes, the Unhappy mistake Chance for Providence.
40.	Uncle and Nephew.
41.	Paternal Affection.
42.	Another Queen in Want of Help.
43.	In which it is proved that first Impulses are oftentimes the best.
44.	Te Deum for the Victory of Lens.
45.	The Beggar of St. Eustache.
46.	The Tower of St. Jacques de la Boucherie.
47.	The Riot.
48.	The Riot becomes a Revolution.
49.	Misfortune refreshes the Memory.
50.	The Interview.
51.	The Flight.
52.	The Carriage of Monsieur le Coadjuteur.
53.	How D'Artagnan and Porthos earned by selling Straw.
54.	In which we hear Tidings of Aramis.
55.	The Scotchman.
56.	The Avenger.
57.	Oliver Cromwell.
58.	Jesus Seigneur.
59.	Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites.
60.	Respect to Fallen Majesty.
61.	D'Artagnan hits on a Plan.
62.	London.
63.	The Trial.
64.	Whitehall.
65.	The Workmen.
66.	Remember!
67.	The Man in the Mask.
68.	Cromwell's House.
69.	Conversational.
70.	The Skiff "Lightning."
71.	Port Wine.
72.	End of the Port Wine Mystery.
73.	Fatality.
74.	How Mousqueton had a Narrow Escape of being eaten.
75.	The Return.
76.	The Ambassadors.
77.	The three Lieutenants of the Generalissimo.
78.	The Battle of Charenton.
79.	The Road to Picardy.
80.	The Gratitude of Anne of Austria.
81.	Cardinal Mazarin as King.
82.	Precautions.
83.	Strength and Sagacity.
84.	Strength and Sagacity--Continued.
85.	The Oubliettes of Cardinal Mazarin.
86.	Conferences.
87.	Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D'Artagnan a Captain.
88.	Shows how with Threat and Pen more is effected than by the Sword.
89.	Difficult for Kings to return to the Capitals of their Kingdoms.
90.	Conclusion.

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THE YEARS LATER

TWENTY YEARS AFTER

Second Volume of the d'Artagnan Series

1910

By Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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