CHAPTER XII.

IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT THOUGH PORTHOS WAS DISCONTENTED WITH HIS CONDITION, MOUSQUETON WAS PERFECTLY SATISFIED. As he returned to the château, and while Porthos was dreaming of his barony, d'Artagnan thought of the miseries of poor human nature, always dissatisfied with what it has, always desirous of what it has not. In the position of Porthos, d'Artagnan would have been completely happy; and, to make Porthos contented, there was short--what?--five letters to put before his three names, and a little coronet to…