The Three Musketeers: Chapter 35 Summary & Analysis

The next day, D’Artagnan goes to Milady’s and finds his hostess in a good mood. As Kitty serves them food, d’Artagnan thinks about how she is a much better person than Milady. Meanwhile, Kitty is worried that d’Artagnan is still in love with Milady, despite what he says to the contrary. At 10 p.m., Milady tells d’Artagnan to leave because she is expecting Comte de Wardes. Instead, d’Artagnan goes and hides in Kitty’s room. Kitty tries to talk d’Artagnan out of his plan, but it is already too late.

Milady tells Kitty to shut off all of the lights in the house. Kitty does as she is told. Once all of the lights are off and the time is right, d’Artagnan enters Milady’s room and pretends to be the Comte de Wardes. Apparently, Milady is fooled by his disguise and talks to him as though he is, indeed, the Comte de Wardes. To express her love to the man who she believes is the Comte, Milady gives d’Artagnan a sapphire ring. She also tells him to visit her again in one week’s time.

D’Artagnan relates these events to Athos and shows him the ring Milady gave him. When Athos sees the ring, he becomes pale. He tells d’Artagnan that the ring looks exactly like one that was once in his family. It even has a scratch in the same place. Once again, Athos urges d’Artagnan to give up his plan; he is sure that something will go wrong. D’Artagnan thinks Athos is right and agrees to do so.

After leaving Athos, d’Artagnan returns home to find Kitty, who gives him a letter for the Comte de Wardes. Milady wants to know when she can see him again. D’Artagnan responds with a nasty letter that says he has many other women to see and that he will come back for her eventually. The letter makes Kitty happy because she thinks it means that d’Artagnan is not really in love with Milady. However, unsurprisingly, Milady is furious when she receives the letter, and she swears revenge.