tailieunhanh - LUYỆN ĐỌC ANH NGỮ QUA CÁC TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-THE THREE MUSKERTEERS ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 21

THE THREE MUSKERTEERS ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 21 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 21 21. The Countess De Winter As they rode along the duke endeavored to draw from D Artagnan not all that had happened but what D Artagnan himself knew. By adding all that he heard from the mouth of the young man to his own remembrances he was enabled to form a pretty exact idea of a position of the seriousness of which for the rest the queen s letter short but explicit gave him the clue. But that which astonished him most was that the cardinal so deeply interested in preventing this young man from setting his foot in England had not succeeded in arresting him on the road. It was then upon the manifestation of this astonishment that D Artagnan related to him the precaution taken and how thanks to the devotion of his three friends whom he had left scattered and bleeding on the road he had succeeded in coming off with a single sword thrust which had pierced the queen s letter and for which he had repaid M. de Wardes with such terrible coin. While he was listening to this recital delivered with the greatest simplicity the duke looked from time to time at the young man with astonishment as if he could not comprehend how so much prudence courage and devotedness could be allied with a countenance which indicated not more than twenty years. The horses went like the wind and in a few minutes they were at the gates of London. D Artagnan imagined that on arriving in town the duke would slacken his pace but it was not so. He kept on his way at the same rate heedless about upsetting those whom he met on the road. In fact in crossing the city two or three accidents of this kind happened but Buckingham did not even turn his head to see what became of those he had knocked down. D Artagnan followed him amid cries which strongly resembled curses. On entering the court of his hotel Buckingham sprang from his horse and without thinking what became of the animal threw the bridle on his neck and sprang toward the vestibule. D Artagnan did .