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Planchet was more courageous, it must be admitted, by day than by night. His natural prudence, however, never forsook him for a single instant. He had forgotten not one of the incidents of the first journey, and he looked upon everybody he met on the road as an enemy.
"Take Bazin." "Take Planchet. Planchet is brave and shrewd; they are two qualities out of the four." "Gentlemen," said Aramis, "the principal question is not to know which of our four lackeys is the most discreet, the most strong, the most clever, or the most brave; the principal thing is to know which loves money the best."
"Oh! madame, having notice, has had time " "No, Planchet; farewell!" "Eh, gentlemen! you would not disoblige me by thus standing on the staircase, or by going away without having sat down." "If we had known you had a lady upstairs," replied Athos, with his customary coolness, "we would have asked permission to pay our respects to her."
Speak freely, and quickly." "Well, this is it," replied Planchet: "you appear to me to be going on some expedition or other." "I don't say that I am not." "Then you have some new idea?" "That is possible, too, Planchet." "Then there will be fresh capital to be ventured? I will lay down fifty thousand livres upon the idea you are about to carry out."
"Well," said d'Artagnan, smiling at the misanthropy of Athos, which from any other person would have offended him, "I ride what I can get; I am not so proud as you. So AU REVOIR, dear Athos." "AU REVOIR," said the Musketeer, making a sign to Grimaud to uncork the bottle he had just brought. D'Artagnan and Planchet mounted, and took the road to St. Germain.
Planchet, my friend," returned D'Artagnan, "you are getting ambitious." "Is there no other king to be restored, M. d'Artagnan no second Monk to be packed up, like a salted hog, in a deal box?" "No, my dear Planchet; all the kings are seated on their respective thrones; less comfortably so, perhaps, than I am upon this chair; but, at all events, there they are." And D'Artagnan sighed deeply.
As he found himself in the quarter in which Aramis lived, he took it into his head to pay his friend a visit in order to explain the motives which had led him to send Planchet with a request that he would come instantly to the mousetrap.
"You are thinking, you say?" said Planchet, uneasily. "Yes; your house is dull enough to drive people to think; you will admit that, I hope." "And yet, monsieur, you have a look-out upon the street." "Yes; and wonderfully interesting that is, of course."
"He will not go today," said d'Artagnan; "but here, I'll pay you for us two." "In that case let us go," said the shipmaster. "Let us go," repeated d'Artagnan. He leaped with Planchet into the boat, and five minutes after they were on board. It was time; for they had scarcely sailed half a league, when d'Artagnan saw a flash and heard a detonation.
I'm no thief, but an honest citizen, well off in the world, with a house of my own. My name is ah! but surely you are Monsieur d'Artagnan?" "And thou Planchet!" cried the lieutenant. "At your service, sir," said Planchet, overwhelmed with joy; "if I were still capable of serving you." "Perhaps so," replied D'Artagnan.
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