Igenlode Wordsmith’s Reviews > Vingt Ans Aprės: suite des Trois Mousquetaires > Status Update

I was originally extremely sceptical of the typically romantic fan-theory that Aramis is the secret father of the son of Madame de Longueville... but d'Artagnan is undoubtedly seen to hint explicitly at just that here.
"M. de Longueville est de race royale. Son fils, Madame... doit en être, puisque le mari de sa mère en est" :P
In other words, the baby is *not* the son of "his mother's husband" :-p

Manipulation of Aramis: "Distrust Porthos and Athos, who may be moved by pity". Manipulation of Porthos: "Distrust Aramis, who is selfish, and Athos, who is too unselfish to appreciate that men like you and I may have legitimate desires". Manipulation of Athos: "Do this to save my life".

:-(

"Ah! fit Mousqueton, qui était placé près de d'Artagnan" - we know what Grimaud did when his master was arrested, but where has Mousqueton been all this while?
He was last seen following Porthos and d'Artagnan on the way to Paris, and apparently wasn't arrested with them... now he suddenly reappears on the journey from Rueil!

In chapter 81, Aramis says that today is the 9th [of March] and that the time for their rendezvous with d'Artagnan and Porthos expires the following day.
In chapter 82, it is now the following day, and Aramis says that this is the 8th...!

I suspect that Athos' remark about Planchet acquiring the knack of a witty response due to spending years "brushing the hats" of d'Artagnan is a pun that I'm missing out on...

I'm still puzzled by the massive differences between the French and English online texts (the latter being apparently not only abridged but from time to time having extra elements added in...)