In Which D’artagnan Seeks Porthos, and Only Finds Mousqueton.When D’Artagnan had perfectly convinced himself that the absence of the Vicar–General d’Herblay was real, and that his friend was not to be found at Melun or in its vicinity, he left Bazin without regret, cast an ill–natured glance at the magnificent Chateau de Vaux, which was beginning to shine with that splendor which brought on its ruin, and, compressing his lips like a man full of mistrust and suspicion, he put spurs to his pied horse, saying, "Well, well! I have still Pierrefonds left, and there I shall find the best man and the best filled coffer. And that is all I want, for I have an idea of my own."
We will spare our readers the prosaic incidents of D’Artagnan’s journey, which terminated on the morning of the third day w
