13/20 I regretted you did not think of me. I wept over your forgetfulness. I see you again, and it is a festival, a great festival, I assure you, solemnly! How is Athos ?" "Very well, thank you." "And our young pupil, Raoul ?" "He seems to have inherited the skill of his father, Athos, and the strength of his tutor, Porthos." "And on what occasion have you been able to judge of that ?" "Eh! _mon Dieu!_ on the eve of my departure from Paris." "Indeed! tell me all about it!" "Yes; there was an execution at the Greve, and in consequence of that execution, a riot. We happened, by accident, to be in the riot; and in this riot we were obliged to have recourse to our swords. |