The most memorable moment in the last section of the novel is when the three musketeers, Milady’s brother de Winter, and a mysterious man in a large red cloak and a mask, find Milady. Amidst a raging storm, they approach the inn and are led to a cottage, where Athos, one of the Musketeers, spots Milady. As she suddenly sees them, Athos breaks through a window, and d'Artagnan comes through the door. Then Porthos, Aramis, de Winter, and the man in the red cloak enter. Athos announces that Milady is to be tried for vile, innumerable crimes — in particular, for poisoning Constance Bonacieux, d’Artagnan’s true love; sending poisoned wine with the intent of killing d'Artagnan; and trying to convince d'Artagnan to kill Count de Wardes. Then de Winter accuses Milady of corrupting John Felton, who was a guard keeping his eye on her while she was in prison; of being responsible for the deaths of Buckingham and Felton; and of being responsible for the mysterious death of his own brother — her husband, the first Lord de Winter. Athos then condemns her further because of her deceit in their marriage.
At this point, the executioner — the man in the red cloak — speaks; he reveals her origins and tells how she seduced his brother, a convent priest, to a life of crime. When the crime was discovered, he (as official executioner) had to brand his own brother. Milady escaped, he says, by seducing the jailer's son. She also helped the priest to escape. The executioner managed to track her down and brand her. He himself had to serve his missing brother's remaining prison term. Later, after Milady abandoned the priest for Athos, the priest surrendered, and then hanged himself.
This was much unexpected, and I was blown away when I found out that she was truly that evil. I’m happy that they beheaded her, she was psychopathic! I enjoyed reading this part of the book, because it’s just so unbelievable that Milady has committed so many crimes, and has ruined so many lives!
By: Christian Indzevski
The most memorable moment in the book for me would be when d’Artagnan went to get Athos. After Athos fought off his attackers, he hid himself in the inn’s basement. D’Artagnan finds Athos and gets him out of the basement, but Athos is drunk because he thought it would be punishment for the landlord to drink most of the wine, since the landlord sent the attackers. The drunken Athos then tells d’Artagnan a story. The story is about Athos’ friend. His friend married a humble woman. But his friend found out that his friend’s wife was a villainous woman. After learning that, Athos’ friend hung his wife.
The two parts were memorable for me because there was a funny part and a sad part in section. The funny part was when Athos became drunk. Athos thought that by trying to drink all of the landlords wine, it would be punishing him for sending the attackers. The sad part was Athos’ story about his friend. His friend’s wife was a fraud, and that all she wanted was money and social power. After learning all this, his friend hung his own wife. It is pretty depressing to read about how a man could hang his own wife. If I were in that same position, I think it would be best to report her to the police and have her go to jail.
