Aramis is teased throughout the novel for his mysterious love interest (remember the handkerchief that led to the challenge of the duel with D'Artagnan?) Why do you think Aramis tries to conceal his interest in his lady-friend? Keep in mind that he hopes to change his profession once he completes his tenure as a musketeer and that he is the quietest of the Three.

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used