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Chapter 5: Where, Probably, Moliere Obtained His First Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme

D'Artagnan found Porthos in the adjoining chamber; but no longer an irritated Porthos, or a disappointed Porthos, but Porthos radiant, blooming, fascinating, and chattering with Moliere, who was looking upon him with a species of idolatry, and as a man would who had not only never seen anything greater, but not even ever anything so great.

-"Well, monsieur," said he, "will you come with me to Saint-Mande?"