D'Artagnan arrives at the Abbaye Ste Lavine to rescue his companion Constance from Cardinal Richelieu's agents. After searching different areas of the abbey like the graveyard, infirmary, and cellars, D'Artagnan is directed to the scriptorium by Brother Bernadette, where he finds and rescues Constance. However, they are discovered by Milady D'Lateautumn and the Cardinal's guards. D'Artagnan fights his way to safety with Constance and their friend Planchet, but is surrounded. Bishop "Big Boy" Grasp intervenes and lets D'Artagnan go after he claims to have come seeking absolution. Ric

1. L’Abbaye Ste Lavine 2011the 3rd
Musketeer Tale from Bayko Baron

2. • D’Artagnan - known to his friends as Alice – arrives at the Abbaye to rescue
Constance, Royal dressmaker and go-between, but also his ‘companion’. He
is directed to the tradesman’s entrance

3. • Chanel (Aramis has been re-branded) checks at the graveyard
that they are not too late

4. • The infirmary, isolated but open to the public – the perfect
hiding place, but no sign of Constance there.

5. • Today is also, by fateful coincidence, the annual visitation of Bishop
‘Big Boy’ Grasp

6. • Accompanying the Bishop, just to make sure his misuse of church property is not
exposed, is our old friend Armand Duplessis, Cardinal, Duke D’Richelieu, and his cronies

7. • The Musketeers meet with Cedric the Cellarer – a man overeflowing with
benedictine good-will. Perhaps Constance has been hidden in the cellars?

8. • D’Artagnan is called aside by Brother Bernadette behind the Chapter House – strange
lad, but popular with the other monks. Bernadette has seen a young woman in the
Scriptorium, where the scribes work

9. • Alice rescues Constance – eventually – she was helping the brothers
illuminate their manuscripts !

10. • Outside his comrades have been very thorough – ‘wossername’ isn’t in the cellars. But
the group have been discovered, by none other than Richelieu’s agent, Milady
D’Lateautumn

11. • D’Artagnan hustles Planchet and Constance towards the postern
leaving his comrades to recover

12. • Hard by the duck-pond the first of the Cardinal’s Guards arrive,
Brother Bernadette spots an opportunity and opens a book

13. • The profits mount as Alice carves his way to safety – but the odds are lengthening

14. • D’Artagnan reaches the side-gate and pushes Constance and Planchet through to
safety – then turns to meet his fate.
• Yet rescue is at hand – Bishop ‘Big Boy’ has heard the sounds of swordplay!

15. • The casualties are collected while D’Artagnan talks for his life – overcome
by his career of debauchery and violence he had come to seek absolution,
only to run straight into his old enemies – the rest was just…. Habit!

16. • Appalled, yet impressed by the young man’s courage, Bishop Grasp lets
him go with an admonition
• From behind the Bishop, Richelieu nods approval of D’Artagnan’s
discretion. In return he will let both him and Constance live.

17. • But what, I hear you ask, of Chanel, Bathos and Pathos?
• They were discovered two days later, tired and emotional and still in the cellars with Cedric.
• They were handed over to the Provost Marshall who gave them a chance to sober up outside the
monastery almonry