The Three Musketeers, Chapter 20 summary
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In Chapter 20, D’Artagnan loses his companions to a duel, an ambush, and an inn trap, but continues toward England with Planchet and takes Comte de Wardes’s passage order by force. After deceiving the port governor, he reaches Buckingham and delivers the letter, whose contents send them hurrying back toward London.
What happens
- The travelers leave Paris, but Porthos stays at Chantilly to fight a stranger who provokes him over a toast.
- Armed men ambush the remaining party; wounded Aramis stops at Crèvecœur with Bazin, while Mousqueton falls behind.
- At Amiens, Grimaud suffers a head injury, and Athos fights attackers while D’Artagnan and Planchet escape on other travelers’ horses.
- Outside Calais, D’Artagnan wounds Comte de Wardes, takes his passage order, and deceives the governor into approving it.
- D’Artagnan and Planchet sail to Dover, ride to London, and obtain Patrick’s help finding Buckingham near Windsor.
- D’Artagnan gives Buckingham the letter, and the duke immediately returns toward London with him.
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