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La Rochelle, having lost the support of the British naval fleet and divisions promised by Buckingham, surrendered after a year of siege.On October 28, 1628, the treaty of surrender was signed. On December 23 of the same year, the king returned to Paris.The subjects applauded him in unison, shouting long live, as if what he had just defeated was not the French, but a powerful foreign enemy. He drove to the city of Paris from under the green arches of Saint-Jacques in the suburbs. D'Artagnan had his commission.Porthos retired from the team and married Mrs. Cocknall the following year. The coveted cash box contained 800,000 livres.

Muskon got a beautiful squire livery, and he also got the satisfaction he had dreamed of all his life, that is, sitting on the back of a luxurious golden carriage with four wheels. After a trip to Lorraine, Aramis suddenly disappeared and broke off correspondence with his friends.Shortly thereafter, it was learned from Madame Scheverus, from conversations with two or three of her lovers, that he had been converted at an abbey in Nancy. Bazin became a service monk who was not subject to divine rank. Athos continued to be a musketeer under d'Artagnan until 1633; after that he made a trip to Touraine, and then also accepted a small inheritance just now at Roussillon. Excuse, left the Musketeers.

Grimer followed Athos. D'Artagnan fought Rochefort three times and stabbed him three times. By the fourth fight, I will kill you nine times out of ten, he said while stretching out his hand and helping the opponent up. Let it be, it's better for you and me, said the wounded, what the hell!I am more of your friend than you can imagine, because since the first time I met, if I had only said a word to the cardinal, I could have sent someone to cut your neck off. This time they actually embraced, sincerely and unguardedly. Under the care of Rochefort, Planchet was awarded the rank of Sergeant of the Guards.

Monsieur Bonacieur lived in peace, and being completely ignorant of his wife's whereabouts, he had nothing to worry about her.But one day he rashly offered to greet the cardinal, who sent to tell him that from now on he would provide him with everything he needed. Sure enough, on the following day, M. Bonnacer left the house at seven o'clock in the evening for the Louvre, and was never seen again in the Rue Gravediggers; His Excellency the Cardinal provides full board and lodging, and chats for the rest of his life. (End of the book)