d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 3: The Man in the Iron Mask (version 2)

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Authors: Alexandre Dumas In Year : 1910

Book Language: English

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Two old friends
Wherein may be seen that a bargain which cannot be made with one person, can be carried out with another
The skin of the bear
An interview with the Queen Mother
Two friends
How Jean de la Fontaine came to write his first tale
La Fontaine in the character of a negotiator
Madame de Belliere's plate and diamonds
M. de Mazarin's receipt
Monsieur Colbert's rough draft
In which the author thinks it is high time to return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne
Bragelonne continues his inquiries
Two jealousies
A domiciliary visit
Porthos's plan of action
The change of residence, the trap-door, and the portrait
Rivals in politics
Rivals in love
King and noble
After the storm
Heu! Miser!
Wounds within wounds
What Raoul had guessed
Three guests astonished to find themselves at supper together
What took place at the Louvre during the supper at the Bastile
Political rivals
In which Porthos is convinced without having understood anything
M. de Baisemeaux's "Society"
The prisoner (part 1)
The prisoner (part 2)
How Mouston had become fatter without giving Porthos notice thereof
Who Messire Jean Percerin was
The patterns
Where, probably, Moliere obtained his first idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme
The bee-hive, the bees, and the honey
Another supper at the Bastile
The general of the order
The tempter
Crown and tiara
The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
The wine of Melun
Nectar and ambrosia
A gascon, and a gascon-and-a-half
Colbert
Jealousy
High treason
A night at the Bastile
The shadow of M. Fouquet
The Morning
The King's friend
Showing how the countersign was respected at the Bastile
The King's gratitude
The false King
In which Porthos thinks he is pursuing a Duchy
The last adieux
Monsieur de Beaufort
Preparations for Departure
Planchet's inventory
The inventory of M. de Beaufort
The silver dish
Captive and jailers
Promises
Among women
The last supper
In M. Colbert's Carriage
The two lighters
Friendly advice
How the King, Louis XIV, played his little part
The white horse and the black
In which the squirrel falls--the adder flies
Belle-Ile-en-Mer
Explanations by Aramis
Result of the ideas of the King, and the ideas of d'Artagnan
The ancestors of Porthos
The son of Biscarrat
The Grotto of Locmaria
The Grotto
An Homeric Song
The Death of a Titan!
Porthos's epitaph
M. de Gesvres's Round
King Louis XIV
M. Fouquet's friends
Porthos's will
The old age of Athos
Athos's vision
The Angel of Death
The Bulletin
The last canto of the poem
Epilogue (Part 1)
Epilogue (Part 2)

Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. In this, the final part, d’Artagnan’s fortune is near its height; having become the illustrious Captain of the Musketeers, he is now the chief defender of King Louis XIV. Fortune has also smiled on his three companions: Aramis is a wealthy bishop and the powerful, secret Superior General of the Jesuit Order (or “the black pope”); Athos is the premier nobleman of France; and Porthos becomes a Duke with the proud but garishly long-winded title of “du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds.” On the opposite side of fortune, we find the young Phillippe, a desolate iron-masked prisoner in the infamous Bastille who has been deprived of everything, even his true identity, and the formerly rich and powerful Superintendent of Finance, Nicholas Fouquet. Aramis dupes the good-natured Porthos and desperate Fouquet into aiding Phillippe… with disastrous consequences for all, including d’Artagnan and King Louis XIV! Dumas spares none in this conclusion. Indeed, the turn of events drive d’Artagnan to ask, “What is there left for man after youth, love, glory, friendship, strength, and wealth have disappeared?” His answer, a true Gascon to the end, does provides some inspiration: “Forward! still forward! When it is time, God will tell me, as he foretold the others.” - Summary by jvanstan