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Alas! is that all you love in me? asked DArtagnan. I love you alsoyou! said she, taking his hand. And the warm pressure made DArtagnan tremble, as if the fever consuming milady communicated itself to him by the touch. You love meyou! cried he. Oh, if that were so, I should lose my reason! And he folded her in his arms. She made no effort to avoid the kiss which he pressed upon her lips, only she did not return it. Her lips were cold; it appeared to DArtagnan that he had kissed a statue. He was not the less intoxicated with joy, electrified by love. He almost believed in miladys tenderness; he almost believed in De Wardess crime. If De Wardes had at that moment been at hand, he would have killed him. Milady seized her opportunity. His name is said she, in her turn. De Wardes; I know, cried DArtagnan. And how do you know? asked milady, seizing both his hands, and trying to read with her eyes to the bottom of his heart. DArtagnan felt that he had gone too far, and that he had made a mistake. Tell me! tell me! tell me, I say! repeated milady; how do you know? How do I know? said DArtagnan. Yes. I know, because yesterday M. de Wardes, in a parlour where I was, displayed a ring which he said you gave him. Scoundrel! cried milady. The epithet, as may be easily understood, resounded to the very bottom of DArtagnans heart. Well? continued she. Well, I will avenge you of this scoundrel, replied DArtagnan, giving himself the airs of Don Japhet of Armenia. Thanks, my brave friend! cried milady. And when shall I be avenged? To-morrowimmediatelywhen you please! Milady was about to cry out immediately, but she reflected that such precipitation would not be very gracious toward DArtagnan. Besides, she had a thousand precautions to take, a thousand counsels to give to her defender, in order that he might avoid explanations with the count before witnesses. All this was answered by an expression of DArtagnans. |
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