Chapter LVII.

Athos's Vision.
When this fainting of Athos had ceased, the comte, almost ashamed of having given way before this superior natural event, dressed himself and ordered his horse, determined to ride to Blois, to open more certain correspondences with either Africa, D'Artagnan, or Aramis.

In fact, this letter from Aramis informed the Comte de la Fere of the bad success of the expedition of Belle-Isle.

It gave him sufficient details of the death of Porthos to move the tender and devoted heart of Athos to its innermost fibers.

Athos wished to go and pay his friend Porthos a last visit.