cei trei muschetari partea i engleza

Cap 1-3 The Three Musketeers begins with a young Gascon, d'Artagnan, leaving his home in the provinces of France to make his fortune in Paris. His father gives him, as parting gifts, an old yellow horse and a letter of introduction to onsieur de !reville, head of the "ing's usketeers, the elite group of soldiers who make up the "ing and #ueen's personal bodyguard. $'Artagnan's father advises him to be guided by his courage and his wits, to take no flack from anyone but the %ardinal and the "ing, and to remember that with bravery and determination he can achieve anything. $'Artagnan's mother gives him the recipe for an herbal salve that will heal any wound he sustains in battle very &uickly, and with that the young man leaves home to make his fortune. At his first stop , in the town of eung, the hotheaded d'Artagnan gets int o a fight with a distinguishedlooking gentlemen who ridicules him because of his mount. $'Artagnan is beaten unconscious by a group of the gentleman's lackeys. (hen he comes to, he sees the gentleman talking to a beautiful, fair woman in a carriage whom he calls )ilady,) *ust as the two of them are riding off. He prepares himself to leave the town, but finds that the gentleman has stolen his letter of introduction to . de !reville. $isheartened by the loss of the letter, but nonetheless full of Gascon spirit, d'Artagnan rides on to Paris and finds the home of . de !reville. Here, he is cowed by the profusion of usketeers who spend their days lolling about de !reville's house and courtyard, telling stories of amorous and military con&uests, and mocking the %ardinal +to d'Artagnan's shock. $'Artagnan is received into . de !reville's private chamber. However, before the two can speak, de !reville calls in two of his musketeers, Aramis and Porthos. Aramis is a slight, somewhat foppish young man whom d'Artagnan had *ust overheard describing his intentions to eventually leave the usketeers and enter the %hurch. Porthos is a loud, proud, -aint ernardlike fellow who d'Artagnan had *ust witnessed showing off his new sash. . de !reville upbraids these two men, and their companion, the absent Athos, for a recent skirmish with the %ardinal's guards in which they were defeated and arrested, calling them cowards. !he men defend themselves, noting that they did in fact kill a couple of the guards. !hen, Athosa handsome, highly distinguished man, the oldest of the three friendsmakes a dramatic entrance, clearly overwhelmed by the pain of his wound. . de !reville is mollified by all of this, and his attitude turns from scolding to fatherly. ut before he can praise the men Athos collapses from his wounds, and the whole household erupts into a fervor, looking for a doctor.

cei trei muschetari partea i engleza

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