1 An Adventure in Meung

CLASSIC STARTS The Three Musketeers Retold from the Alexandre Dumas original

经典开始：三个火枪手重述自大仲马原作

CHAPTER 1 An Adventure in Meung The town of Meung was used to disturbances of one sort or another, but on that first Monday in April 1625, there seemed to be something special happening. People were shouting and running toward an inn called the Jolly Miller, where a large crowd was watching a young man named D'Artagnan. A few days earlier, D'Artagnan's father had sent him on a journey to find fortune, adventure, and honor. He had also given his

明镇对这样或那样的骚乱已经习以为常，但在1625年4月的第一个星期一，似乎发生了一件特别的事情。 人们大喊大叫，奔向一家名叫乔利·米勒的小旅馆，那里有一大群人在注视着一个名叫达达尼昂的年轻人。 几天前，达达尼昂的父亲派他去寻找财富、冒险和荣誉。 他也给了他的

son a letter that would introduce him to Monsieur de Tréville, the leader of the Musketeers. D'Artagnan was just eighteen years old. He was wearing a faded blue cloak and a little hat with a feather tucked into it. His face was long, thin, and tanned, with high cheekbones and a wide jaw. Too tall to be a child, but too short to be an adult, he looked like a farmer's son on a long journey. Only the large sword hanging from his belt distinguished him as a fighter. It was D'Artagnan's old yellow horse that had created the sensation. It walked strangely and looked even stranger. As he tied his horse to a post outside the Jolly Miller, D'Artagnan saw a man inside who seemed to be about forty-five years old, with pale skin, piercing black eyes, a black moustache, and a scar across his cheek. He and some men were laughing at D'Artagnan.

儿子收到一封信，这封信将把他介绍给火枪手的首领德·特雷姆维尔先生。 达达尼昂当时只有18岁。 他穿着一件褪色的蓝色斗篷，戴着一顶插着一根羽毛的小帽子。 他的脸又长又瘦，晒得黝黑，颧骨高，下巴宽。 他长得太高，不像个孩子，但又太矮，不像个成年人，他看起来像一个长途旅行的农民的儿子。 只有他腰带上挂着的那把大剑才表明他是个斗士。 引起轰动的正是达达尼昂的那匹老黄马。 它走得很奇怪，看起来更奇怪了。 当他把马拴在快活磨坊外面的柱子上时，阿达格南看见里面有一个人，看上去大约45岁左右，皮肤苍白，黑眼睛锐利，留着黑胡子，脸颊上有一道伤疤。 他和一些人在嘲笑达达尼昂。

Tired of being embarrassed, D'Artagnan challenged the man to a duel. They drew swords, but then the man's friends attacked. D'Artagnan fought them all until someone hit him from behind and knocked him unconscious. When D'Artagnan awoke, he found that the innkeeper had taken him upstairs. Through the window, he saw the stranger again. He was speaking to a young woman in a horse-drawn carriage. She seemed to be around twenty-five years old, and she was beautiful. The man handed her a box. Through the open window, D'Artagnan heard him tell the woman to take the box to London on orders from the Cardinal. Then he heard the man call her Milady.

达达尼昂厌倦了尴尬，于是向那个人提出决斗。 他们拔出了剑，但那人的朋友袭击了他。 达达尼昂与他们所有人搏斗，直到有人从背后击中他，将他击昏。 当达达尼昂醒来时，他发现客栈老板已经把他带上楼了。 透过窗户，他又看到了那个陌生人。 他正在和一个坐在马车里的年轻女子说话。 她看上去大约25岁，很漂亮。 那人递给她一个盒子。透过开着的窗户，达达尼昂听见他吩咐那女人奉红衣主教之命把箱子带到伦敦去。 然后他听到那个男人叫她夫人。

The man left before D'Artagnan could catch up with him to finish their duel. Upset and injured, D'Artagnan returned to the inn and stayed for several days. He spent most of his money paying for his stay. When he finally looked for the letter that would introduce him to Monsieur de Tréville, it was gone! The innkeeper told D'Artagnan that it had fallen from his pocket when he had been knocked out. The man with the scar had seen the letter and seemed very interested in it.

那人在达达尼昂赶上他结束他们的决斗之前就离开了。 达达尼昂又伤心又受伤，他回到旅馆住了几天。 他的大部分钱都花在了住宿费上。 当他终于找到那封把他介绍给德·特雷姆维尔先生的信时，信不见了！旅店老板告诉达达尼昂，那是他被打晕时从口袋里掉出来的。 那个有伤疤的男人看到了那封信，似乎对它很感兴趣。

"That scoundrel stole my letter," D'Artagnan said. "I swear I'll find him." D'Artagnan left the inn and made his way to Paris. When he arrived at Monsieur de Tréville's mansion, he saw many Musketeers practicing with swords, and heard them talking about the Cardinal and his guards. Although the King ruled France, everyone knew that the Cardinal wanted to take power. Cardinal Richelieu led the church. He had his own soldiers, the Cardinal's Guards, who often fought with the Musketeers. On the stairs, D'Artagnan passed a tall Musketeer dressed in a sky-blue shirt and a long crimson cloak. Across his chest hung a magnificent golden sash called a baldric. This was not the regular uniform, and the other Musketeers were teasing him about it.

“那个坏蛋偷了我的信，”达达尼昂说。 “我发誓我会找到他的。”达达尼昂离开旅馆，向巴黎走去。 当他到达德·特雷姆维尔先生的府邸时，他看见许多火枪手在练剑，听到他们在谈论红衣主教和他的卫兵。 虽然国王统治着法国，但每个人都知道红衣主教想要掌权。 红衣主教黎塞留领导着教堂。 他有自己的士兵，红衣主教卫队，经常与火枪手作战。 在楼梯上，达达尼昂经过一个高个子火枪手，他穿着天蓝色的衬衫和一件深红色的长斗篷。 他的胸前挂着一条华丽的金绶带，叫做头巾。 这不是正规的军服，其他火枪手都在取笑他。