D'Artagnan, the King Maker — page 153: what you’re looking at

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142 The Duke of Braganza. fensible, I think we can hold that pass as long as those Romans did the bridge at Thermopylae Pass!” “Good!” said the captain, not losing time in pedantic correction. “But let us reconnoitre, so as not uselessly to alarm the ladies!’ “Oh, as for the duchess, she is a lioness again since she has found her mate; and as for Donna Jacinta, she 1s not easily frightened, I will swear!” Leaving the horse, which showed no eagerness to go in search of the mule, or anywhere else, they rapidly went up to the highland top. They had not made twenty rods before the light gave a plunge and was projected upon them. “Who goes there?” challenged a harsh voice. There was a clatter of weapons, too. COMMCHIOOKS sola)