M. dArtagnan does not get any older, said the captain of the harriers to his colleague the falconer; with ten years more than either of us, he has the seat of a young man on horseback.
That is true, replied the falconer. I havent seen any change in him for the last twenty years.
But this officer was mistaken; dArtagnan in the last four years had lived twelve years. Age imprinted its pitiless claws at each corner of his eyes; his brow was bald; his hands, formerly brown and nervous, were getting white, as if the blood began to chill there.
DArtagnan accosted the officers with the shade of affability which distinguishes superior men, and received in return for his courtesy two most respectful bows.
Ah! what a lucky chance to see you here, M. dArtagnan! cried the falconer.
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