The Vicomte de Bragelonne

The Vicomte de Bragelonne

By Alexandre Dumas.

Translated by George Routledge and Co..

Table of Contents

1. Titlepage
2. Imprint
3. Introductory Note
4. Dramatis Personae
5. The Vicomte de Bragelonne
   1. Part I: The Vicomte de Braggelone
      1. 1: The Letter
      2. 2: The Messenger
      3. 3: The Interview
      4. 4: Father and Son
      5. 5: In Which Something Will Be Said of Cropoli—Of Cropoli and of a Great Unknown Painter
      6. 6: The Unknown
      7. 7: Parry
      8. 8: What His Majesty King Louis XIV Was at the Age of Twenty-Two
      9. 9: In Which the Unknown of the Hostelry of Les Medici Loses His Incognito
      10. 10: The Arithmetic of M. de Mazarin
      11. 11: Mazarin’s Policy
      12. 12: The King and the Lieutenant
      13. 13: Marie de Mancini
      14. 14: In Which the King and the Lieutenant Each Give Proofs of Memory
      15. 15: The Proscribed
      16. 16: “Remember!”
      17. 17: In Which Aramis Is Sought, and Only Bazin Is Found
      18. 18: In Which d’Artagnan Seeks Porthos, and Only Finds Mousqueton
      19. 19: What d’Artagnan Went to Paris For
      20. 20: Of the Society Which Was Formed in the Rue des Lombards, at the Sign of the Pilon d’Or, to Carry Out the Idea of M. d’Artagnan
      21. 21: In Which d’Artagnan Prepares to Travel for the House of Planchet and Company
      22. 22: D’Artagnan Travels for the House of Planchet and Company
      23. 23: In Which the Author, Very Unwillingly, Is Forced to Write a Little History
      24. 24: The Treasure
      25. 25: The Marsh
      26. 26: Heart and Mind
      27. 27: The Next Day
      28. 28: Smuggling
      29. 29: In Which d’Artagnan Begins to Fear He Has Placed His Money and That of Planchet in the Sinking Fund
      30. 30: The Shares of Planchet and Company Rise Again to Par
      31. 31: Monck Reveals Himself
      32. 32: Athos and d’Artagnan Meet Once More at the Hostelry of the Corne du Cerf
      33. 33: The Audience
      34. 34: Of the Embarrassment of Riches
      35. 35: On the Canal
      36. 36: How d’Artagnan Drew, as a Fairy Would Have Done, a Country-Seat from a Deal Box
      37. 37: How d’Artagnan Regulated the “Assets” of the Company Before He Established Its “Liabilities”
      38. 38: In Which It Is Seen That the French Grocer Had Already Been Established in the Seventeenth Century
      39. 39: Mazarin’s Gaming Party
      40. 40: An Affair of State
      41. 41: The Recital
      42. 42: In Which Mazarin Becomes Prodigal
      43. 43: Guénaud
      44. 44: Colbert
      45. 45: Confession of a Man of Wealth
      46. 46: The Donation
      47. 47: How Anne of Austria Gave One Piece of Advice to Louis XIV, and How M. Foquet Gave Him Another
      48. 48: Agony
      49. 49: The First Appearance of Colbert
      50. 50: The First Day of the Royalty of Louis XIV
      51. 51: A Passion
      52. 52: D’Artagnan’s Lesson
      53. 53: The King
      54. 54: The Houses of M. Fouquet
      55. 55: The Abbé Fouquet
      56. 56: M. de La Fontaine’s Wine
      57. 57: The Gallery of Saint-Mandé
      58. 58: Epicureans
      59. 59: A Quarter of an Hour’s Delay
      60. 60: Plan of Battle
      61. 61: The Cabaret of the Image-de-Notre-Dame
      62. 62: Vive Colbert!
      63. 63: How M. d’Eymeris’s Diamond Passed Into the Hands of M. d’Artagnan
      64. 64: On the Notable Difference d’Artagnan Finds Between Monsieur the Intendant and Monsieur the Superintendent
      65. 65: Philosophy of the Heart and Mind
      66. 66: The Journey
      67. 67: How d’Artagnan Became Acquainted with a Poet, Who Had Turned Printer for the Sake of Printing His Own Verses
      68. 68: d’Artagnan Continues His Investigations
      69. 69: In Which the Reader, No Doubt, Will Be as Astonished as d’Artagnan Was to Meet an Old Acquaintance
      70. 70: Wherein the Ideas of d’Artagnan, at First Strangely Clouded, Begin to Clear Up a Little
      71. 71: A Procession at Vannes
      72. 72: The Grandeur of the Bishop of Vannes
      73. 73: In Which Porthos Begins to Be Sorry for Having Come with d’Artagnan
      74. 74: In Which d’Artagnan Makes All Speed, Porthos Snores, and Aramis Counsels
      75. 75: In Which Monsieur Fouquet Acts
      76. 76: In Which d’Artagnan at Last Places His Hand Upon His Captain’s Commission
      77. 77: A Lover and His Mistress
      78. 78: In Which We at Length See the True Heroine of This History Appear
      79. 79: Malicorne and Manicamp
      80. 80: Manicamp and Malicorne
      81. 81: The Courtyard of the Hôtel Grammont
      82. 82: The Portrait of Madame
      83. 83: Le Havre
      84. 84: At Sea
      85. 85: The Tents
      86. 86: Night
      87. 87: From Le Havre to Paris
      88. 88: An Account of What the Chevalier de Lorraine Thought of Madame
      89. 89: The Surprise of Madame de Montalais
      90. 90: The Consent of Athos
      91. 91: Monsieur Becomes Jealous of the Duke of Buckingham
      92. 92: Forever!
   2. Part II: Louise de La Vallière
      1. 93: King Louis XIV Does Not Think Mademoiselle de La Vallière Either Rich Enough or Pretty Enough for a Gentleman of the Rank of the Vicomte de Bragelonne
      2. 94: Sword-Thrusts in the Water
      3. 95: Sword-Thrusts in the Water (Concluded)
      4. 96: Baisemeaux de Montlezun
      5. 97: The King’s Card-Table
      6. 98: M. Baisemeaux de Montlezun’s Accounts
      7. 99: The Breakfast at Monsieur de Baisemeaux’s
      8. 100: The Second Floor of La Bertaudière
      9. 101: The Two Friends
      10. 102: Madame de Bellière’s Plate
      11. 103: The Dowry
      12. 104: Le Terrain de Dieu
      13. 105: Threefold Love
      14. 106: M. de Lorraine’s Jealousy
      15. 107: Monsieur Is Jealous of Guiche
      16. 108: The Mediator
      17. 109: The Advisers
      18. 110: Fontainebleau
      19. 111: The Bath
      20. 112: The Butterfly-Chase
      21. 113: What Was Caught After the Butterflies
      22. 114: The Ballet of the Seasons
      23. 115: The Nymphs of the Park of Fontainebleau
      24. 116: What Was Said Under the Royal Oak
      25. 117: The King’s Uneasiness
      26. 118: The King’s Secret
      27. 119: Courses de Nuit
      28. 120: In Which Madame Acquires a Proof That Listeners Hear What Is Said
      29. 121: Aramis’s Correspondence
      30. 122: The Orderly Clerk
      31. 123: Fontainebleau at Two O’Clock in the Morning
      32. 124: The Labyrinth
      33. 125: How Malicorne Had Been Turned Out of the Hotel of the Beau Paon
      34. 126: What Actually Occurred at the Inn Called the Beau Paon
      35. 127: A Jesuit of the Eleventh Year
      36. 128: The State Secret
      37. 129: A Mission
      38. 130: Happy as a Prince
      39. 131: Story of a Dryad and a Naiad
      40. 132: Conclusion of the Story of a Naiad and of a Dryad
      41. 133: Royal Psychology
      42. 134: Something