CHAPTER LXI.

D'ARTAGNAN DISCLOSES A PLAN. Athos, perhaps, knew d'Artagnan better than d'Artagnan knew himself. He knew that in an adventurous mind like that of the Gascon, it was only necessary to let a thought fall, as in a rich and fertile soil it is only requisite to drop a seed in. He had therefore allowed his friend to shrug his shoulders without a remark, and rode quietly beside him, talking of Raoul; a subject of conversation which he had formerly shunned. As night closed in they arrived at Thirsk. D'Artagnan was thought…