CHAPTER VIII.

D'ARTAGNAN DISCOVERS THAT HIS FRIEND ARAMIS WAS RIDING BEHIND HIM. The plan adopted by d'Artagnan was soon perfected. He did not wish to reach Noisy in the daytime, for fear of being recognised: he had therefore plenty of time before him, for Noisy is only three or four leagues from Paris, on the road to Meaux. He began his day by breakfasting very substantially--a bad beginning when one wishes to employ the head, but an excellent precaution when one wants to work the body; and about two o'clock he had his two hors…