The Missing Viscount

As many of you have figured out, I am apparently still missing some chapters of the Musketeers saga here, specifically between Ten Years Later and Louise de la Valliere. Here, courtesy Mike Babylon, is a probable list of the missing chapters:

1. Threefold Love
2. M. De Lorraine’s Jealousy
3. Monsieur is Jealous of De Guiche
4. The Mediator
5. The Advisers
6. Fontainebleau
7. The Bath
8. The Butterfly-Chase
9. What was Caught in the Hand After the Butterflies
10. The Ballet of the Season
11. The Nymphs of the Park of Fontainebleau
12. What was Said Under the Royal Oak
13. The King’s Uneasiness
14. The King’s Secret
15. Courses De Nuit
16. In Which Madame Acquires a Proof that Listeners Can Hear What is Said
17. Aramis’ Correpondence
18. The Orderly Clerk
19. Fontainebleau at Two O’Clock in the Morning
20. The Labyrinth
21. How Malicorne had been Turned out of the Hotel of the Beau Paon
22. What Actually did Occur at the Inn Called the Beau Paon
23. A Jesuit of the Eleventh Year
24. The State Secret
25. Mission
26. Happy as a Prince
27. Story of a Dryad and of a Naiad
28. Conclusion of the Story of a Naiad and of a Dryad
29. Royal Psychology
30. Showing What Neither the Naiad Nor Dryad had Anticipated
31. The New General of the Jesuits
32. The Storm
33. The Shower of Rain
34. Toby
35. Madame’s Four Chances
36. The Lottery

Peter-Paul Koch was kind enough to provide a summary:

I own a Dutch translation of the Vicomte de Bragelonne, in three parts, which seems to compass your ‘Ten Years Later’, ‘The Missing Viscount’, ‘Louise de La Valliere’ and ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’.

As to your missing chapters: they’re mostly boring stuff, the Royal Court and Louis XIV first liking Madame Henriette, then switching to Louise de La Valliere.

24. The old General of the Jesuits comes to Fontainebleau to appoint a successor and to die. Several people come with state secrets they whisper into his dying ear. He is not impressed, they tell him only intrigues and little secrets. Then Aramis comes and tells him about the twin brother of Louis XIV. Expiring, the general leaves Aramis his ring.

31. Aramis has a long talk with Fouquet and convinces him he should try to win the heart of Louise, so he can improve his standing with the King. A letter is written and given to a trusted servant. Aramis also offers Fouquet 10 millions to solve his problems.

Then Aramis alludes to ‘another King than Louis XIV’, who would be better than Louis XIV. ‘Oh, how I would like to believe you!’ Fouquet exclaims. Then he observes that Aramis has never yet spoken so freely as now. ‘To speak freely,’ Aramis says, ‘one should have a free voice.’

32. Fouquet meets the King, who wants an invitation to the feast in Vaux-le-Vicomte. Fouquet would rather not give the feast, but it is of course impossible to disregard the King’s wishes.

Then the King goes riding with his court. A rainstorm breaks loose and he and Louise find themselves under a tree.

33. Aramis and Fouquet also walk in the park. When the rainstorm breaks loose, they find shelter in a cave, from where they see Louis XIV and Louise talking at great length about their love. Louis even honours Louise by taking off his hat and protecting her from the rain. After the rain has ended the entire court is witness to this.

When everyone has left, Aramis and Fouquet come out of hiding and Aramis tells Fouquet to get back the letter he sent to Louise. The letter was a mistake.

34. Fouquet goes to talk with Louise and finds out that she has never received his letter: she doesn’t understand what he’s talking about. Aramis is very concerned. They call the servant who has brought the letter, but he seems to be missing.