Chapters 31-42 Summary

In Chapter 31, Monk returns to camp at the great relief of his people. D'Artagnan thinks about his failed plan. It is learned that Charles has left the Hague. Monk claims he is going to meet the legitimate king.

In Chapter 32, Athos and D'Artagnan meet once more at the Hostelry of the Corne du Cerf. Charles returns with great fanfare to London. He explains, "The king of England made his entree into Dover with great pomp, as he afterwards did in London. He had sent for his brothers; he had brought over his mother and sister. England had been for so long a time given up to herself - that is to say, to tyranny, mediocrity and nonsense - that this return of Charles II, whom the English only knew as the son of the man whose head they had cut off...