Laporte
Family: Royal court · Role: attendant · First appears: Chapter 4
Life events
- Laporte’s warning letter reached Buckingham too late to prevent his assassination.(Chapter4)
- With: Anne of Austria Buckingham
- “The other was that which Laporte had placed in the hands of the Duke of Buckingham, warning him that he was about to be assassinated; that communication had arrived too late.”
- D’Artagnan’s plan calms the populace by promising they will see the sleeping king.(Chapter52 · 📍 Palais Royal)
- With: Anne of Austria D’Artagnan Louis XIV
- “‘Madame,’ he replied, ‘Monsieur d’Artagnan’s prediction has been accomplished; they are calm, as if by enchantment. The doors are about to be opened and in five minutes they will be here.’”
- D’Artagnan drives the royal party out of Paris and reunites them with Mazarin.(Chapter52 · 📍 Cours la Reine)
- With: D’Artagnan Anne of Austria Louis XIV Duke d’Anjou Mazarin
- “The blinds were pulled down and they started at a gallop by the Rue Richelieu. On reaching the gate the captain of the post advanced at the head of a dozen men, holding a lantern in his hand. D’Artagnan signed to them to draw near. ‘Do you recognize the carriage?’ he asked the sergeant. ‘No,’ replied the latter. ‘Look at the arms.’ The sergeant put the lantern near the panel. ‘They are those of monsieur le coadjuteur,’ he said. ‘Hush; he is enjoying a ride with Madame de Guéménée.’ The sergeant began to laugh. ‘Open the gate,’ he cried. ‘I know who it is!’ Then putting his face to the lowered blinds, he said: ‘I wish you joy, my lord!’ ‘Impudent fellow!’ cried D’Artagnan, ‘you will get me turned off.’ The gate groaned on its hinges, and D’Artagnan, seeing the way clear, whipped his horses, who started at a canter, and five minutes later they had rejoined the cardinal.”
Chapter 4
- with Buckingham (interaction) “The other was that which Laporte had placed in the hands of the Duke of Buckingham, warning him that he was about to be assassinated”
Chapter 52
- employer: Anne of Austria “‘Laporte,’ said the queen, ‘it is time for his majesty to go to bed.’”
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Extracted from the original text of Twenty Years After. Made with Rho MD.