Twenty Years After Chapter 83 - Strength and Sagacity

In which D’Artagnan and Porthos endure confinement in a pavilion fraught with the melancholy of captivity and the vexations of repetitive fare, while contemplating the precariousness of their plight and the cunning needed for escape. They receive unexpected news of Athos’ presence nearby, kindling a flicker of hope that alliance and strategy may yet turn the tides of their fortunes within the somber walls of Rueil.