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  1. Donna_Immaculata on Chapter 4 Mon 31 Dec 2018 06:56PM UTC

    Ooh, this is an excellent point! You thought it out in much more detail than I did.

    If he turns up back in Paris with the letter for her, it's a fait accompli and she can present him with the stark choice: help me out, or try explaining to the Cardinal that you're not involved.

    This sounds like something the wily nymph might do.

    Athos is about the only person who could make Aramis do what he says, whether Aramis is angry or cold, and she/they didn't seem to know that or reckon Athos would refuse point-blank to meddle any further.

    Yes, Athos is truly the voice of reason, and we know he's the only one to whom Aramis is willing to listen. Marie won't be happy when she realises that her influence over Aramis is waning and that he follows the advice and guidance of his dear old friend...

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    1. Deiseach (Guest) on Chapter 4 Mon 31 Dec 2018 07:02PM UTC

      Well, it's all due to being in Porthos' point of view, and when even guileless, open Porthos thinks "this is a bit convenient how everything has been arranged to deal with us once we turn up with Descartes supposedly out of the blue", then it got me thinking that maybe the "misplaced" letter wasn't so misplaced after all.

      Using Porthos is a stroke of genius because you expect Athos to have a gloomy view of women and their machinations, and you expect Aramis to be seeing fifteen different plots around every corner, but if Porthos has his suspicions aroused, then definitely something must really be going on!

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      1. Donna_Immaculata on Chapter 4 Mon 31 Dec 2018 07:23PM UTC

        Very true! Porthos knows that something is up. Though to be fair, he might just be aware that there's always something going on with Aramis, so he assumes by default that there must be a plot somewhere in the Aramisian vicinity.

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