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The Three Musketeers

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I went to him and told him all; he knew me, that man did, and did not doubt an instant.

He was a nobleman, a man equal to Buckingham in every respect.

He said nothing; he only girded on his sword, wrapped himself in his cloak, and went straight to Buckingham Palace.
"Yes, yes," said Felton; "I understand how he would act.

But with such men it is not the sword that should be employed; it is the poniard." "Buckingham had left England the day before, sent as ambassador to Spain, to demand the hand of the Infanta for King Charles I, who was then only Prince of Wales.

My affianced husband returned.
"'Hear me,' said he; 'this man has gone, and for the moment has consequently escaped my vengeance; but let us be united, as we were to have been, and then leave it to Lord de Winter to maintain his own honor and that of his wife.'" "Lord de Winter!" cried Felton.
"Yes," said Milady, "Lord de Winter; and now you can understand it all, can you not?
Buckingham remained nearly a year absent.


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