amis 482

CXVIII. Result of the Ideas of the King,
and the Ideas of D'Artagnan 487

CXIX. The Ancestors of Porthos 489

CXX. The Son of Biscarrat 491

CXXI. The Grotto of Locmaria 494

CXXII. The Grotto 497

CXXIII. An Homeric Song 501

CXXIV. The Death of a Titan 504

CXXV. The Epitaph of Porthos 508

CXXVI. The Round of M. de Gesvres 511

CXXVII. King Louis XIV. 514

CXXVIII. The Friends of M. Fouquet 518

CXXIX. Porthos' Will 522

CXXX. The Old Age of Athos 525

CXXXI. The Vision of Athos 527

CXXXII. The Angel of Death 531

CXXXIII. The Bulletin 533

CXXXIV. The last Canto of the Poem 536

EPILOGUE 539

THE DEATH OF D'ARTAGNAN 549

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

I.--_Frontispiece._--Hardly had the ladder been properly placed
than the king began to ascend.

II.--As the rain dripped more and more through the foliage of the oak,
the king held his hat over the head of the young girl.

III.--D'Artagnan, reclining upon an immense straight-backed chair, with
his legs not stretched out, but simply placed upon a stool, formed an
angle of the most obtuse form that could possibly be seen.

IV.--De Guiche turned round also, and, at the moment the horse was quiet
again, he fired, and the ball carried off De Wardes' hat from his head.

V.--Athos broke his sword across his knee, slowly placed the two pieces
upon the floor, and saluting the king, who was almost choking from rage
and shame, he quitted the cabinet.

VI.--Raoul, presenting his pistol, threw himself on the leader,
commanding the coachman to stop.

VII.--Aramis saw