THE THREE MUSKERTEERS ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 40 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | THE THREE MUSKERTEERS ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 40 40. A Terrible Vision The cardinal leaned his elbow on his manuscript his cheek upon his hand and looked intently at the young man for a moment. No one had a more searching eye than the Cardinal de Richelieu and D Artagnan felt this glance run through his veins like a fever. He however kept a good countenance holding his hat in his hand and awaiting the good pleasure of his Eminence without too much assurance but also without too much humility. Monsieur said the cardinal are you a D Artagnan from Béarn Y es monseigneur replied the young man. There are several branches of the D Artagnans at Tarbes and in its environs said the cardinal to which do you belong I am the son of him who served in the Religious Wars under the great King Henry the father of his gracious Majesty. That is well. It is you who set out seven or eight months ago from your country to seek your fortune in the capital Yes monseigneur. You came through Meung where something befell you. I don t very well know what but still something. Monseigneur said D Artagnan this was what happened to me-- Never mind never mind resumed the cardinal with a smile which indicated that he knew the story as well as he who wished to relate it. You were recommended to Monsieur de Treville were you not Y es monseigneur but in that unfortunate affair at Meung-- The letter was lost replied his Eminence yes I know that. But Monsieur de Treville is a skilled physiognomist who knows men at first sight and he placed you in the company of his brother-in-law Monsieur Dessessart leaving you to hope that one day or other you should enter the Musketeers. Monseigneur is correctly informed said D Artagnan. Since that time many things have happened to you. You were walking one day behind the Chartreux when it would have been better if you had been elsewhere. Then you took with your friends a journey to the waters of Forges they stopped on the road but you continued yours. That is all very
