The Three Musketeers, Chapter 64 summary
Chapter 64 of 68 · 8 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 64, Athos sends the servants to locate Milady, confirms her escape route, and secures the help of a mysterious stranger through a signed and sealed paper. Planchet traces her to an inn in Armentières, and six men set out that night with Athos’s masked companion.
What happens
- Athos assigns four servants separate routes to Armentières and orders them to watch Milady’s hiding place if they find it.
- Athos visits a solitary stranger, whose refusal to help changes when he sees a signed and sealed paper.
- During the convent funeral, Athos follows footprints and bloodstains that show where Milady joins the carriage.
- Planchet follows the carriage’s route through Festubert and Fromelles, then posts the other servants around an inn in Armentières.
- Athos gathers his armed companions, brings a masked man in red, and leaves with the party under Planchet’s guidance.

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What to notice
Athos controls the expedition’s timing and keeps his companions uninformed about his recruit. The missing participant makes his secret arrangements visible.
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What makes the stranger agree to Athos’s request?

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