THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE

This Begins the Final Volume of the D'Artagnan Series

By Alexandre Dumas, Pere

CONTENTS

Original Transcriber's Note:

Chapter I. The Letter.

Chapter II. The Messenger.

Chapter III. The Interview.

Chapter IV. Father and Son.

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

Chapter VI. The Unknown.

Chapter VII. Parry.

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

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

Chapter X. The Arithmetic of M. de Mazarin.

Chapter XI. Mazarin's Policy.

Chapter XII. The King and the Lieutenant.

Chapter XIII. Mary de Mancini.

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

Chapter XV. The Proscribed.

Chapter XVI. "Remember!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter XXIV. The Treasure.

Chapter XXV. The Marsh.

Chapter XXVI. Heart and Mind.

Chapter XXVII. The Next Day.

Chapter XXVIII. Smuggling.

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

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

Chapter XXXI. Monk reveals Himself.

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

Chapter XXXIII. The Audience.

Chapter XXXIV. Of the Embarrassment of Riches.

Chapter XXXV. On the Canal.

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

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

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

Chapter XXXIX. Mazarin's Gaming Party.

Chapter XL: An Affair of State.

Chapter XLI. The Recital.

Chapter XLII. In which Mazarin becomes Prodigal.

Chapter XLIII. Guenaud.

Chapter XLIV. Colbert.

Chapter XLV. Confession of a Man of Wealth.

Chapter XLVI. The Donation.

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

Chapter XLVIII. Agony.

Chapter XLIX. The First Appearance of Colbert.

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

Chapter LI. A Passion.

Chapter LII. D'Artagnan's Lesson.

Chapter LIII. The King.

Chapter LIV. The Houses of M. Fouquet.

Chapter LV. The Abbe Fouquet.

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

Chapter LVII. The Gallery of Saint-Mande.

Chapter LVIII. Epicureans.

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

Chapter LX. Plan of Battle.

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

Chapter LXII. Vive Colbert!

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

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

Chapter LXV. Philosophy of the Heart and Mind.

Chapter LXVI. The Journey.

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

Chapter LXVIII. D'Artagnan continues his Investigations.

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

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

Chapter LXXI. A Procession at Vannes.

Chapter LXXII. The Grandeur of the Bishop of Vannes.

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

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

Chapter LXXV. In which Monsieur Fouquet Acts.







TEN YEARS LATER

(1660-1661, Chapters 76-140 of the Third Volume of the D’Artagnan series)

By Alexandre Dumas

THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITOR’S NOTE TO THE PG D’ARTAGNAN SERIES

LINKED INDEX OF PROJECT GUTENBERG VOLUMES:


ORDER      TITLE            PG ETEXT#      DATES       VOLUME  CHAPTERS

1  The Three Musketeers       1257       1625-1628        1

2  Twenty Years After         1259       1648-1649        2

3  The Vicomte de Bragelonne  2609         1660           3        1-75

4  Ten Years Later            2681       1660-1661        3      76-140

5  Louise de la Valliere      2710         1661           3     141-208

6  The Man in the Iron Mask   2759       1661-1673        3     209-269
     [Project Gutenberg Etext 1258 listed below, is of the same
     title as etext 2681 and its contents overlap those of two
     other volumes: it includes all the chapters of etext 2609
     and  the first 28 chapters of 2681]

     Ten Years Later          1258       1660-1661        3       1-104





CONTENTS

Transcriber’s Notes
Introduction
Chapter I. In which D’Artagnan finishes by at Length placing his Hand upon his Captain’s Commission.
Chapter II. A Lover and His Mistress.
Chapter III. In Which We at Length See the True Heroine of this History
Chapter IV. Malicorne and Manicamp.
Chapter V: Manicamp and Malicorne.
Chapter VI. The Courtyard of the Hotel Grammont.
Chapter VII. The Portrait of Madame.
Chapter VIII. Le Havre.
Chapter IX. At Sea.
Chapter X. The Tents.
Chapter XI. Night.
Chapter XII. From Le Havre to Paris.
Chapter XIII. An Account of what the Chevalier de Lorraine Thought of Madame.
Chapter XIV. A Surprise for Raoul.
Chapter XV. The Consent of Athos.
Chapter XVI. Monsieur Becomes Jealous of the Duke of Buckingham.
Chapter XVII. Forever!
Chapter XVIII. King Louis XIV. does not think Mademoiselle de la Valliere rich enough
Chapter XIX. Sword-Thrusts in the Water.
Chapter XX. Sword-Thrusts in the Water (concluded).
Chapter XXI. Baisemeaux de Montlezun.
Chapter XXII. The King’s Card-Table.
Chapter XXIII. M. Baisemeaux de Montlezun’s Accounts.
Chapter XXIV. The Breakfast at Monsieur de Baisemeaux’s.
Chapter XXV. The Second Floor of la Bertaudiere.
Chapter XXVI. The Two Friends.
Chapter XXVII. Madame de Belliere’s Plate.
Chapter XXVIII. The Dowry.
Chapter XXIX. Le Terrain de Dieu.
Chapter XXX. Threefold Love.
Chapter XXXI. M. de Lorraine’s Jealousy.
Chapter XXXII. Monsieur is Jealous of Guiche.
Chapter XXXIII. The Mediator.
Chapter XXXIV. The Advisers.
Chapter XXXV. Fontainebleau.
Chapter XXXVI. The Bath.
Chapter XXXVII. The Butterfly-Chase.
Chapter XXXVIII. What Was Caught after the Butterflies.
Chapter XXXIX. The Ballet of the Seasons.
Chapter XL: The Nymphs of the Park of Fontainebleau.
Chapter XLI. What Was Said under the Royal Oak.
Chapter XLII. The King’s Uneasiness.
Chapter XLIII. The King’s Secret.
Chapter XLIV. Courses de Nuit.
Chapter XLV. In Which Madame Acquires a Proof that Listeners Hear What Is Said.
Chapter XLVI. Aramis’s Correspondence.
Chapter XLVII. The Orderly Clerk.
Chapter XLVIII. Fontainebleau at Two o’Clock in the Morning.
Chapter XLIX. The Labyrinth.
Chapter L: How Malicorne Had Been Turned Out of the Hotel of the Beau Paon.
Chapter LI. What Actually Occurred at the Inn Called the Beau Paon.
Chapter LII. A Jesuit of the Eleventh Year.
Chapter LIII. The State Secret.
Chapter LIV. A Mission.
Chapter LV. Happy as a Prince.
Chapter LVI. Story of a Dryad and a Naiad.
Chapter LVII. Conclusion of the Story of a Naiad and of a Dryad.
Chapter LVIII. Royal Psychology.
Chapter LIX. Something That neither Naiad nor Dryad Foresaw.
Chapter LX. The New General of the Jesuits.
Chapter LXI. The Storm.
Chapter LXII. The Shower of Rain.
Chapter LXIII. Toby.
Chapter LXIV. Madame’s Four Chances.
Chapter LXV. The Lottery.

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LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE

By Alexandre Dumas [Pere]

THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITOR’S NOTE TO THE PG D’ARTAGNAN SERIES

LINKED INDEX OF PROJECT GUTENBERG VOLUMES:


ORDER      TITLE            PG ETEXT#      DATES       VOLUME  CHAPTERS

1  The Three Musketeers       1257       1625-1628        1

2  Twenty Years After         1259       1648-1649        2

3  The Vicomte de Bragelonne  2609         1660           3        1-75

4  Ten Years Later            2681       1660-1661        3      76-140

5  Louise de la Valliere      2710         1661           3     141-208

6  The Man in the Iron Mask   2759       1661-1673        3     209-269
     [Project Gutenberg Etext 1258 listed below, is of the same
     title as etext 2681 and its contents overlap those of two
     other volumes: it includes all the chapters of etext 2609
     and  the first 28 chapters of 2681]

     Ten Years Later          1258       1660-1661        3       1-104





CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter I. Malaga.
Chapter II. A Letter from M. Baisemeaux.
Chapter III. In Which the Reader will be Delighted to Find that Porthos Has Lost Nothing of His Muscularity.
Chapter IV. The Rat and the Cheese.
Chapter V. Planchet’s Country-House.
Chapter VI. Showing What Could Be Seen from Planchet’s House.
Chapter VII. How Porthos, Truchen, and Planchet Parted with Each Other on Friendly Terms, Thanks to D’Artagnan.
Chapter VIII. The Presentation of Porthos at Court.
Chapter IX. Explanations.
Chapter X. Madame and De Guiche.
Chapter XI. Montalais and Malicorne.
Chapter XII. How De Wardes Was Received at Court.
Chapter XIII. The Combat.
Chapter XIV. The King’s Supper.
Chapter XV. After Supper.
Chapter XVI. Showing in What Way D’Artagnan Discharged the Mission with Which the King Had Intrusted Him.
Chapter XVII. The Encounter.
Chapter XVIII. The Physician.
Chapter XIX. Wherein D’Artagnan Perceives that It Was He Who Was Mistaken, and Manicamp Who Was Right.
Chapter XX. Showing the Advantage of Having Two Strings to One’s Bow.
Chapter XXI. M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of France.
Chapter XXII. The Journey.
Chapter XXIII. Triumfeminate.
Chapter XXIV. The First Quarrel.
Chapter XXV. Despair.
Chapter XXVI. The Flight.
Chapter XXVII. Showing How Louis, on His Part, Had Passed the Time from Ten to Half-Past Twelve at Night.
Chapter XXVIII. The Ambassadors.
Chapter XXIX. Chaillot.
Chapter XXX. Madame.
Chapter XXXI. Mademoiselle de la Valliere’s Pocket-Handkerchief.
Chapter XXXII. Which Treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor.
Chapter XXXIII. Which Treats of Carpentry Operations, and Furnishes Details upon the Mode of Constructing Staircases.
Chapter XXXIV. The Promenade by Torchlight.
Chapter XXXV. The Apparition.
Chapter XXXVI. The Portrait.
Chapter XXXVII. Hampton Court.
Chapter XXXVIII. The Courier from Madame.
Chapter XXXIX. Saint-Aignan Follows Malicorne’s Advice.
Chapter XL: Two Old Friends.
Chapter XLI. Wherein May Be Seen that a Bargain Which Cannot Be Made with One Person, Can Be Carried Out with Another.
Chapter XLII. The Skin of the Bear.
Chapter XLIII. An Interview with the Queen-Mother.
Chapter XLIV. Two Friends.
Chapter XLV. How Jean de La Fontaine Came to Write His First Tale.
Chapter XLVI. La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator.
Chapter XLVII. Madame de Belliere’s Plate and Diamonds.
Chapter XLVIII. M. de Mazarin’s Receipt.
Chapter XLIX. Monsieur Colbert’s Rough Draft.
Chapter L: In Which the Author Thinks It Is High Time to Return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne.
Chapter LI. Bragelonne Continues His Inquiries.
Chapter LII. Two Jealousies.
Chapter LIII. A Domiciliary Visit.
Chapter LIV. Porthos’s Plan of Action.
Chapter LV. The Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the Portrait.
Chapter LVI. Rivals in Politics.
Chapter LVII. Rivals in Love.
Chapter LVIII. King and Noble.
Chapter LIX. After the Storm.
Chapter LX. Heu! Miser!
Chapter LXI. Wounds within Wounds.
Chapter LXII. What Raoul Had Guessed.
Chapter LXIII. Three Guests Astonished to Find Themselves at Supper Together.
Chapter LXIV. What Took Place at the Louvre During the Supper at the Bastile.
Chapter LXV. Political Rivals.
Chapter LXVI. In Which Porthos Is Convinced without Having Understood Anything.
Chapter LXVII. M. de Baisemeaux’s “Society.”

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