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Of the Notable Difference D'Artagnan finds between.
Monsieur the Intendant and Monsieur the Superintendent.
M.Colbert resided in the Rue Neuve des Petits-Champs, in a house which had belonged to Beautru.

D'Artagnan's legs cleared the distance in a short quarter of an hour.

When he arrived at the residence of the new favorite, the court was full of archers and police, who came to congratulate him, or to excuse themselves, according to whether he should choose to praise or blame.

The sentiment of flattery is instinctive with people of abject condition; they have the sense of it, as the wild animal has that of hearing and smell.