Shadow of the Bastille

Episode 43

Shadow of the Bastille

Being the Fourth Part of Le Vicomte de Bragelonne

By Alexandre Dumas

Edited and Translated by Lawrence Ellsworth

In Last Week’s Episode

Porthos delivered Raoul’s challenge to the Comte de Saint-Aignan, the man whose apartment was being used to host the trysts between the king and Louise de La Vallière—but it took a good deal of Porthos…