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nobles, who made war against each other; there was the king, who made war against the cardinal; there was spain, which made war against the king. then, in addition to these concealed or public, secret or open wars, there were robbers, mendicants, huguenots, wolves, and scoundrels, who made war upon everybody. the citizens always took up arms readily against thieves, wolves or scoundrels, often against nobles or huguenots, sometimes against the king, but never against cardinal or spain. it resulted, then, from this habit that on the said first monday of april, 1625, the citizens, on hearing the clamor, and seeing neither the red-and-yellow standard nor the livery of the duc de richelieu, rushed toward the hostel of the jolly miller. when arrived there, the cause of the hubbub was apparent to all.
a young man--we can sketch his portrait at a dash. imagine to yourself a don quixote of eighteen; a don quixote without his corselet, without his coat of mail, without his cuisses; a don quixote clothed in a wooden doublet, the blue color of which had faded into a nameless shade between lees of wine and a heavenly azure; face long and brown; high cheek bones, a sign of sagacity; the
