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Title: Twenty Years After
Author: Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
Date of first publication: 1845
Date first posted: April 23, 2014
Date last updated: April 23, 2014
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Twenty Years After

_Manufactured in Great Britain_

Twenty Years
After

Alexandre Dumas

LONDON & GLASGOW
COLLINS’ CLEAR-TYPE PRESS

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE GHOST OF CARDINAL RICHELIEU 1

II. A NIGHT PATROL 12

III. TWO OLD ENEMIES 22

IV. ANNE OF AUSTRIA, THE QUEEN-MOTHER 35

V. THE GASCON AND THE ITALIAN 44

VI. D’ARTAGNAN IN HIS FORTIETH YEAR 49

VII. THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS WHICH HALF A 58
PISTOLE MAY PRODUCE UPON A BEADLE AND A
CHOIR-BOY

VIII. D’ARTAGNAN DISCOVERS THAT HIS FRIEND 64
ARAMIS WAS RIDING BEHIND HIM

IX. THE ABBÉ D’HERBLAY 72

X. M. PORTHOS DU VALON DE BRACIEUX DE 85
PIERREFONDS

XI. HOW D’ARTAGNAN, DURING HIS VISIT TO 90
PORTHOS, SEES THAT WEALTH IS NOT
PRODUCTIVE OF HAPPINESS

XII. IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT THOUGH 99
PORTHOS WAS DISCONTENTED WITH HIS
CONDITION, MOUSQUETON WAS PERFECTLY
SATISFIED

XIII. TWO ANGELIC FACES 103

XIV. AT THE CASTLE OF BRAGELONNE 110

XV. ATHOS’S DIPLOMACY 118

XVI. MONSIEUR DE BEAUFORT 128

XVII. HOW M. DE BEAUFORT AMUSED HIMSELF IN 134
THE PRISON OF VINCENNES

XVIII. GRIMAUD BEGINS HIS NEW WORK 143

XIX. WHAT THE PIES OF FATHER MARTEAU’S 152
SUCCESSOR CONTAINED

XX. THE COMTE AND THE DUCHESSE 158

XXI. THE ABBÉ SCARRON 165

XXII. ST. DENIS 173

XXIII. ONE OF M. DE BEAUFORT’S FORTY METHODS 181
OF ESCAPE

XXIV. D’ARTAGNAN ARRIVES AT THE RIGHT MOMENT 192

XXV. ON THE HIGH ROAD 198

XXVI. THE COLLISION 203

XXVII. THE FOUR OLD FRIENDS PREPARE TO MEET 212

XXVIII. THE PLACE ROYALE 218

XXIX. THE FERRY ON THE OISE 223

XXX. SKIRMISHING 234

XXXI. THE MONK 241

XXXII. THE ABSOLUTION 252

XXXIII. GRIMAUD OPENS HIS MOUTH 259

XXXIV. THE EVE OF BATTLE 264

XXXV. A DINNER IN THE OLD STYLE 278

XXXVI. THE LETTER OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST 286

XXXVII. CROMWELL’S LETTER 291

XXXVIII. HENRIETTA AND MAZARIN 298

XXXIX. HOW THE WRETCHED SOMETIMES TAKE CHANCE 304
FOR PROVIDENCE

XL. UNCLE AND NEPHEW 312

XLI. PATERNAL AFFECTION 316

XLII. ANOTHER QUEEN SEEKS HELP 326

XLIII. WHEREIN IT IS PROVED THAT FIRST 338
IMPULSES ARE ALWAYS THE BEST

XLIV. THE TE DEUM FOR THE VICTORY OF LENS 346

XLV. THE BEGGAR AT THE CHURCH OF ST. 364
EUSTACHE

XLVI. THE TOWER OF ST. JACQUES-DE-LA 375
BOUCHERIE

XLVII. THE RIOT 382

XLVIII. THE RIOT BECOMES AN INSURRECTION 387

XLIX. MISFORTUNE REFRESHES THE MEMORY 400

L. THE INTERVIEW WITH THE QUEEN 406

LI. FLIGHT 414

LII. THE COADJUTOR’S CARRIAGE 427

LIII. WHAT D’ARTAGNAN AND PORTHOS EARNED BY 442
THE SALE OF STRAW

LIV. NEWS FROM ARAMIS 452

LV. THE FAITHLESS SCOT 462

LVI. THE AVENGER 472

LVII. OLIVER CROMWELL 481

LVIII. D’ARTAGNAN’S STRATAGEM 487

LIX. GREAT HEARTS NEVER LOSE THEIR COURAGE, 498
NOR GOOD STOMACHS THEIR APPETITES

LX. HEALTH TO FALLEN MAJESTY 505

LXI. D’ARTAGNAN DISCLOSES A PLAN 512

LXII. THE CARD-PARTY 521

LXIII. LONDON 527

LXIV. THE TRIAL 532

LXV. WHITEHALL 540

LXVI. THE WORKMEN 547

LXVII. REMEMBER! 552

LXVIII. THE MASKED MAN 556

LXIX. CROMWELL’S HOUSE 563

LXX. A LITTLE TALK 569

LXXI. THE “LIGHTNING” 577

LXXII. A NEW KIND OF PORT WINE 584

LXXIII. IN THE OPEN BOAT 591

LXXIV. FATE 594

LXXV. AFTER BEING IN DANGER OF ROASTING, 602
MOUSQUETON HAS A NARROW ESCAPE OF BEING
EATEN

LXXVI. THE RETURN 611

LXXVII. THE AMBASSADORS 617

LXXVIII. THE GENERALISSIMO’S THREE LIEUTENANTS 623

LXXIX. THE FIGHT AT CHARENTON 631

LXXX. THE ROAD TO PICARDY 638

LXXXI. THE GRATITUDE OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA 646

LXXXII. THE ROYALTY OF THE CARDINAL 650

LXXXIII. PRECAUTIONS 655

LXXXIV. CAGED 660

LXXXV. THE STRONG ARM 666

LXXXVI. MAZARIN’S OUBLIETTES 674

LXXXVII. CONFERENCES 678

LXXXVIII. IN WHICH IT BECOMES CREDIBLE THAT 683
PORTHOS WILL BE MADE A BARON, AND
D’ARTAGNAN A CAPTAIN

LXXXIX. THE PEN MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD 691

XC. IT IS SOMETIMES MORE DIFFICULT FOR A 698
KING TO RETURN TO THE CAPITAL OF HIS
KINGDOM THAN TO LEAVE IT

Twenty Years After.