Chapter LII.

M.de Gesvres's Round.
D'Artagnan was little used to resistance like that he had just experienced.

He returned, profoundly irritated, to Nantes.

Irritation, with this vigorous man, usually vented itself in impetuous attack, which few people, hitherto, were they king, were they giants, had been able to resist.

Trembling with rage, he went straight to the castle, and asked an audience with the king.