Louise de la Valliere
- Malaga
- During the continuance of the long and violent debates between the opposite ambitions of the court and those of the heart, one of our characters, the least deserving of neglect, perhaps, was…
- A Letter from H. Baisemeaux.
- D’ARTAGNAN, faithful to his plan, went the very next morning to pay a visit to M. de Baisemeaux. It was the cleaning up or tidying day at the Bastile; the cannons were furbished up, the staircases…
- In Which the Reader Will Be Delighted to Find that Porthos Has Lost Nothing of His Strength.
- D’Artagnan had, according to his usual style, calculated that every hour is worth sixty minutes, and every minute worth sixty seconds. Thanks to this perfectly exact calculation of minutes and…
- The Rat and the Cheese.
- D’Artagnan and Porthos returned on foot, as D’Artagnan had arrived. When D’Artagnan, as he entered the shop of the Pilon d’Or, had announced to Planchet that M. du Vallon would be one of the…
- Planchet’s Country House.
- The cavaliers looked up, and saw that what Planchet had announced to them was true. Ten minutes afterward they were in the street called the Rue de Lyon, on the opposite side of the inn of the sign…
- Showing What Could Be Seen from Planchet’s House.
- The next morning found the three heroes sleeping soundly. Trüchen had closed the outside blinds to keep the first rays of the sun from the heavy eyes of her guests, like a kind, good woman. It was…
- How Porthos, Truchen and Planchet Parted with One Another on Friendly Terms, Thanks to D’Artagnan.
- There was good living in Planchet’s house. Porthos broke a ladder and two cherry-trees, stripped the raspberry-bushes, and was only unable to succeed in reaching the strawberry-beds on account, as…
- The Presentation of Porthos at Court.
- At seven o’clock the same evening the king gave an audience to an ambassador from the United Provinces in the grand reception-room. The audience lasted a quarter of an hour. His majesty afterward…
- Explanations.
- ARAMIS had cleverly managed to effect a diversion for the purpose of finding D’Artagnan and Porthos. He came up to the latter behind one of the columns, and as he pressed his hand, said, “So you…
- Madame and de Guiche.
- It will not be forgotten that the Comte de Guiche had left the queen-mother’s apartment on the day when Louis XIV. presented La Valliere with the beautiful bracelets he had won at the lottery. The…
- Montalais and Malicorne.
- Montalais was right. M. de Guiche, summoned in every direction, was very much exposed, even from the multiplication of matters, to the risk of not answering in any one direction. It so happened that…
- How de Wardes Was Received at Court.
- Monsieur had received De Wardes with that marked favor which all light and frivolous minds bestow on every novelty that may come in their way. De Wardes, who had been absent for a month, was like…
- The Combat.
- De Wardes and De Guiche selected their horses, and then saddled them with their own hands, with holster saddles. De Guiche, having two pairs of pistols, went to his apartments to get them; and after…
- The King’s Supper.
- The king, while these matters were being arranged, had sat down to the supper-table, and the not very large number of guests invited for that day had taken their seats, after the usual gesture…
- After Supper.
- The king took St. Aignan by the arm, and passed into the adjoining apartment.
- Showing In What Way D’Artagnan Discharged the Mission with Which the King Had Intrusted Him.
- While the king was engaged in making these last-mentioned arrangements in order to ascertain the truth, D’Artagnan, without losing a second, ran to the stable, took down the lantern, saddled his…
- The Encounter.
- The king with his hand made, first to the musketeer and then to St. Aignan, an imperious and significant gesture, as much as to say, “On your lives, not a word.” D’Artagnan withdrew, like a…
- The Physician.
- M. Valot entered. The position of the different persons present was precisely the same; the king was seated, St. Aignan still leaning over the back of his armchair, D’Artagnan with his back against…
- Wherein D’Artagnan Perceives that It Was He Who Was Mistaken and Manicamp Who Was Right.
- The king, determined to be satisfied that no one was listening, went himself to the door, and then returned precipitately and placed himself opposite to Manicamp.
- Showing the Advantage of Having Two Strings to One’s Bow.
- Manicamp quitted the king’s apartment, delighted at having succeeded so well, when, just as he reached the bottom of the staircase, and was about passing before a doorway, he felt that some one…
- M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of the Realm of France.
- Two women, whose figures were completely concealed by their mantles, and whose masks effectually hid the upper portion of their faces, timidly followed Manicamp’s steps. On the first floor, behind…
- The Journey.
- The next day being agreed upon for the departure, the king, at eleven o’clock precisely, descended the grand staircase with the two queens and madame, in order to enter his carriage drawn by six…
- Triumfeminate.
- On the king’s arrival in Paris, he sat at the council which had been summoned, and worked for a certain portion of the day. The queen remained with the queen-mother, and burst into tears as soon as…
- The First Quarrel.
- La Valliere entered the queen-mother’s apartments without in the least suspecting that a serious plot was being concerted against her. She thought it was for something connected with her duties…
- Despair.
- As soon as the king had left her, La Valliere raised herself from the ground, and extended her arms, as if to follow and detain him; but when, having violently closed the door, the sound of his…
- The Flight.
- La Valliere followed the patrol as it left the courtyard. The patrol bent its steps toward the right, by the Rue St Honoré, and mechanically La Valliere went to the left. Her resolution was…
- Showing How Louis, on His Side, Had Passed the Time from Ten to Half-Past Twelve at Night.
- When the king left the apartment of the maids of honor he found Colbert awaiting him to receive his directions with regard to the next day’s ceremony, as the king was then to receive the Dutch and…
- The Ambassadors.
- D’Artagnan had, with very few exceptions, learned almost all the particulars of what we have just been relating; for among his friends he reckoned all the useful, serviceable people in the royal…
- Chaillot
- Although they had not been summoned, Manicamp and Malicorne had followed the king and D’Artagnan. They were both exceedingly intelligent men; except that Malicorne was too precipitate, owing to his…
- Madame.
- From the manner in which the king had dismissed the ambassadors, even the least clear-sighted persons belonging to the court had imagined war would ensue. The ambassadors themselves, but slightly…
- De la Valliere’s Pocket-Handkerchief.
- Madame was not bad-hearted, she was only hasty and impetuous. The king was not imprudent, he was only in love. Hardly had they both entered into this sort of compact, which terminated in La…
- Which Treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor.
- Miracles, unfortunately, could not always last forever, while madame’s ill-humor still continued to last. In a week’s time matters had reached such a point that the king could no longer look at…
- Which Treats of Carpentry Operations, and Furnishes Details Upon the Mode of Construction of Staircases.
- The advice which had been given to Montalais was communicated by her to La Valliere, who could not but acknowledge that it was by no means deficient in judgment, and who, after a certain amount of…
- The Promenade by Torchlight.
- St. Aignan, delighted with what he had just heard, and rejoiced at what the future foreshadowed for him, bent his steps toward De Guiche’s two rooms. He who, a quarter of an hour previously, would…
- The Apparition.
- La Valliere very soon recovered from her surprise, for, owing to his respectful bearing, the king inspired her with more confidence by his presence than his sudden appearance had deprived her of. But…
- The Portrait.
- In that malady, which is termed love, the paroxysms succeed each other at intervals, always more rapid from the moment the disease declares itself. By and by the paroxysms are less frequent, in…
- Hampton Court.
- The revelation of which we have been witnesses, that Montalais made to La Valliere in a preceding chapter, very naturally makes us return to the principal hero of this tale, a poor wandering knight…
- The Courier from Madame.
- CHARLES II. was busily engaged in proving, or in endeavoring to prove, to Miss Stewart that she was the only person for whom he cared at all, and, consequently, he was swearing for her an affection…
- St. Aignan Follows Malicorne’s Advice.
- The king most assiduously followed the progress which was made in La Valliere’s portrait; and did so with a care and attention arising as much from a desire that it should resemble her as from the…
- Two Old Friends
- While every one at court was busy with his own affairs, a man mysteriously took up his post behind the Place de Grève, in the house which we once saw besieged by d’Artagnan on the occasion of an…
- Wherein May Be Seen That a Bargain Which Cannot Be Made with One Person Can Be Carried Out with Another
- Aramis had been perfectly correct in his supposition. Immediately on leaving the house in the Place Baudoyer, Madame de Chevreuse had proceeded homeward. She was doubtless afraid of being followed…
- The Skin of the Bear
- Colbert handed the duchess the letter, and gently drew aside the chair behind which she was standing. Madame de Chevreuse, with a very slight bow, immediately left the room. Colbert, who had…
- An Interview with the Queen-Mother
- The Queen-Mother was in her bedroom at the Palais-Royal, with Madame de Motteville and the Senora Molina. The King, who had been impatiently expected the whole day, had not made his appearance; and…
- Two Friends
- The Queen looked steadily at Madame de Chevreuse, and said: “I believe you just now made use of the word ‘happy’ in speaking of me. Hitherto, Duchess, I had thought it impossible that a human…
- How Jean de la Fontaine Wrote His First Tale
- All these intrigues are exhausted; the human mind, so complicated in its exhibitions, has developed itself freely in the three outlines which our recital has afforded. It is not unlikely that in the…
- La Fontaine as a Negotiator
- Fouquet pressed La Fontaine’s hand most warmly, saying to him, “My dear poet, write a hundred other tales, not only for the eighty pistoles which each of them will produce you, but still more to…
- Madame de Belliere’s Plate and Diamonds
- Hardly had Fouquet dismissed Vanel than he began to reflect for a few moments: “A man never can do too much for the woman he has once loved. Marguerite wishes to be the wife of a…
- M. de Mazarin’s Receipt
- Fouquet would have uttered an exclamation of delight on seeing another friend arrive, if the cold air and constrained appearance of Aramis had not restored all his reserve. “Are you going to join…
- M. Colbert’s Rough Draught
- Vanel, who entered at this stage of the conversation, was for Aramis and Fouquet the full stop which terminates a sentence. But, for Vanel, Aramis’s presence in Fouquet’s cabinet had quite…
- In Which the Author Thinks It Is Now Time to Return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne
- Our readers have observed in this history the adventures of the new and of the past generation unrolled, as it were, side by side. To the former, the reflection of the glory of earlier years, the…
- Bragelonne Continues His Inquiries
- The captain was sitting buried in his leathern arm-chair, his spur fixed in the floor, his sword between his legs, and was occupied in reading a great number of letters, as he twisted his mustache…
- Two Jealousies
- Lovers are very tender towards everything which concerns the person with whom they are in love. Raoul no sooner found himself alone with Montalais than he kissed her hand with rapture. “There…
- A Domiciliary Visit
- The princess, preceding Raoul, led him through the courtyard towards that part of the building which La Valliere inhabited; and ascending the same staircase which Raoul had himself ascended that very…
- Porthos’s Plan of Action
- The multiplicity of the personages we have introduced into this long history compels that each shall appear only in his own turn and according to the exigencies of the recital. The result is that our…
- The Change of Residence, the Trap-door, and the Portrait
- Porthos, to his great delight intrusted with this mission, which made him feel young again, took half an hour less than his usual time to put on his court suit. To show that he was a man acquainted…
- Rival Politics
- On his return from the ride which had been so prolific in poetical effusions, and in which everyone had paid tribute to the Muses, as the poets of the period used to say, the King found M. Fouquet…
- Rival Lovers
- De Saint-Aignan had quitted Louis XIV hardly two hours before; but in the first effervescence of his affection, whenever Louis XIV did not see La Valliere he was obliged to talk of her. Now, the only…
- King and Nobility
- The King endeavored to recover his self-possession as quickly as possible, in order to meet M. de la Fere with an undisturbed countenance. He clearly saw that it was not mere chance which had induced…
- After the Storm
- Our readers will doubtless have been asking themselves how it happened that Athos, of whom not a word has been said for some time past, arrived so very opportunely at court. Our claim, as narrator…
- Heu! Miser!
- ”Poor Raoul!” Athos had said; “Poor Raoul!” d’Artagnan had said: to be pitied by both these men, Raoul must indeed have been most unhappy. And when he found himself alone, face to face as…
- Wounds Upon Wounds
- Mademoiselle De La Valliere (for it was indeed she) advanced a few steps toward him. “Yes- Louise,” she murmured.
- What Raoul Had Guessed
- After Raoul’s departure, and the two exclamations which had followed him, Athos and d’Artagnan found themselves alone, face to face. Athos immediately resumed the earnest manner which had…
- Three Guests Astonished to Find Themselves at Supper Together
- The carriage arrived at the outer gate of the Bastille. A soldier on guard stopped it; but d’Artagnan had only to utter a single word to procure admittance, and the carriage passed on. While they…
- What Took Place at the Louvre During the Supper at the Bastille
- M. De Saint-Aignan had executed the commission with which the King had intrusted him for La Valliere, as we have already seen in one of the preceding chapters; but whatever his eloquence might have…
- Political Rivals
- D’Artagnan had promised M. de Baisemeaux to return in time for dessert, and he kept his word. They had just reached the finer and more delicate class of wines and liqueurs with which the…
- In Which Porthos Is Convinced Without Having Understood Anything
- The worthy Porthos, faithful to all the laws of ancient chivalry, had determined to wait for M. de Saint-Aignan until sunset; and as De Saint-Aignan did not come, as Raoul had forgotten to…
- M. de Baisemeaux’s “Society”
- The reader has not forgotten that, on quitting the Bastille, d’Artagnan and the Comte de la Fere had left Aramis in close confabulation with Baisemeaux. When once these two guests had departed…
- Ten Years Later
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Volume 1 of Le Vicomte de Bragellone, the story that includes The Man in the Iron Mask: Raoul sets off the events that lead to the end of the story. Aramis no doubt continues his plottings.
- The Missing Viscount
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There are some chapters missing between “Ten Years Later” and “Louise de la Valliere”. These are the probable chapter titles that belong here.
- The Man in the Iron Mask
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Volume 4 of Le Vicomte de Bragellone, also known as The Man in the Iron Mask. Aramis’ plot succeeds or fails.
