"that man has, then, a spark of pity in his soul; of that spark I will make a flame that shall devour him.

The watchword is, 'King and Re.'"

he has lifted the corner of her mask—that shield with which she covered herself and which rendered her so strong.

"You are young," replied Athos; "and your bitter recollections have time to change themselves into sweet remembrances."

"Haste! haste!" said Felton; "do you not see that each of your words burns me like molten lead?"

Milady was handsome enough not to find much resistance on the part of the flesh, and she was sufficiently skillful to prevail over all the obstacles of the mind.

sustained as she was by all the excitements which a new adventure awakened in her heart,

Athos, like the spectre of vengeance, leaped into the room.

"The duke is in love to madness, or rather to folly,"