Chapter 47 Summary

With the help of the dead men in the bastion and their ammunition and muskets, the Musketeers and d'Artagnan have their breakfast and conversation in between bouts of fighting off the enemy. Athos tells d'Artagnan everything that has transpired since they saw him last, and they formulate a plan to foil Lady de Winter in her effort to assassinate Buckingham and bring about the deaths of Constance and d'Artagnan. They decide their best course of action is to send two messages: one to England to inform Lord de Winter of his sister-in-law's plans and of her past; and the other to the queen to tell her of the plots against Buckingham and Constance Bonancieux. It's determined that d'Artagnan will sell the ring given him by the queen in order to finance the journeys of their messengers. When their plan is resolved and they...