tailieunhanh - THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 59

THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 59 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 MAN IN THE IRON MASK ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 59 The Bulletin The Duc de Beaufort wrote to Athos. The letter destined for the living only reached the dead. God had changed the address. My Dear Count wrote the Prince in his large bad schoolboy s hand - a great misfortune has struck us amid a great triumph. The King loses one of the bravest of soldiers I lose a friend you lose M. de Bragelonne. He has died gloriously and so gloriously that I have not the strength to weep as I could wish. Receive my sad compliments my dear Count. Heaven distributes trials according to the greatness of our hearts. This trial is very great but not above your courage. Your good friend Le Duc De Beaufort. The letter contained a relation written by one of the Prince s secretaries. It was the most touching recital and the most true of that dismal episode which destroyed two lives. D Artagnan accustomed to battle emotions and with a heart armed against tenderness could not help starting on reading the name of Raoul - the name of that beloved boy who had become as his father had a shade. In the morning said the Prince s secretary Monseigneur commanded the attack. Normandy and Picardy had taken position in the gray rocks dominated by the heights of the mountains upon the declivity of which were raised the bastions of Djidgelli. The cannon beginning to fire opened the action the regiments marched full of resolution the pikemen had their pikes elevated the bearers of muskets had their weapons ready. The Prince followed attentively the march and movements of the troops so as to be able to sustain them with a strong reserve. With Monseigneur were the oldest captains and his aides-decamp. M. le Vicomte de Bragelonne had received orders not to leave his Highness. In the mean time the enemy s cannon which at first had thundered with little success against the masses had regulated its fire and the balls better directed had killed several men near the Prince. The regiments formed in column and .