Produced by Frank van Drogen, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org)) [Illustration: HARDLY HAD THE LADDER BEEN PROPERLY PLACED THAN THE KING BEGAN TO ASCEND.--_Page 155._] THE WORKS OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE OR TEN YEARS LATER BEING THE COMPLETION OF "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" AND "TWENTY YEARS AFTER" _PART II_ * * * * * _Copiously Illustrated with elegant Pen and Ink and Wood Engravings, specially drawn for this edition by eminent French and American Artists._ * * * * * COMPLETE IN NINE VOLUMES VOLUME FOUR * * * * * NEW YORK PETER FENELON COLLIER, PUBLISHER. 1893 * * * * * CONTENTS. THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE. (PART II.) I. Showing what neither the Naiad nor Dryad had anticipated 5 II. The new General of the Jesuits 9 III. The Storm 14 IV. The Shower of Rain 18 V. Toby 25 VI. Madame's four Chances 29 VII. The Lottery 33 VIII. Malaga 37 IX. A Letter from M. de Baisemeaux 44 X. In which the Reader will be delighted to find that Porthos has lost nothing of his Strength 46 XI. The Rat and the Cheese 55 XII. Planchet's Country-House 59 XIII. Showing what could be seen from Planchet's House 62 XIV. How Porthos, Truechen, and Planchet parted with each other on friendly terms, thanks to D'Artagnan 65 XV. The Presentation of Porthos at Court 67 XVI. Explanations 69 XVII. Madame and Guiche 73 XVIII. Montalais and Malicorne 77 XIX. How De Wardes was received at Court 81 XX. The Combat 87 XXI. The King's Supper 93 XXII. After Supper 96