Two hours afterwards D'Artagnan returned.
"Everything is arranged," he said; "I saw his majesty at the very moment he was setting off for the chase; the king expects us this evening." "The king expects _me!_" cried Porthos, drawing himself up.

It is a sad thing to have to confess, but a man's heart is like an ocean billow; for, from that very moment Porthos ceased to look at Madame Truchen in that touching manner which had so softened her heart.

Planchet encouraged these ambitious leanings as best as he could.

He talked over, or rather gave exaggerated accounts of all the splendors of the last reign, its battles, sieges, and grand court ceremonies.

He spoke of the luxurious display which the English made; the prizes the three brave companions carried off; and how D'Artagnan, who at the beginning had been the humblest of the four, finished by becoming the leader.