China oil paintings

China oil paintings
ask nothing better,” said Aramis, with that ingenuous self-confidence which every poet has; “but let me know what I am about. I have heard, in one way and another, that Lord Winter’s sister-in-law was vile. It was even proved to me when I overheard her conversation with the cardinal.”
“Worse than vile, ye gods!” said Athos.
“But,” continued Aramis, “the details escape me.”
D’Artagnan told him all he needed to know about milady.
Aramis accordingly took the pen, reflected for a few moments, wrote eight or ten lines in a charming little feminine hand, and then, in a soft, slow voice, as if each word had been scrupulously weighed, he read the following:
“Milord.—The person who writes these lines had the honour of crossing swords with you in a little yard near the Rue d’Enfer. As you have