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The Audience.
"Well ?" cried Athos with a mild look of reproach, when D'Artagnan had read the letter addressed to him by Monk.
"Well!" said D'Artagnan, red with pleasure, and a little with shame, at having so hastily accused the king and Monk.

"This is a politeness,--which leads to nothing, it is true, but yet it is a politeness." "I had great difficulty in believing the young prince ungrateful," said Athos.
"The fact is, that his present is still too near his past," replied D'Artagnan; "after all, everything to the present moment proved me right." "I acknowledge it, my dear friend, I acknowledge it.

Ah! there is your cheerful look returned.

You cannot think how delighted I am." "Thus you see," said D'Artagnan, "Charles II.