The Dissertation of Aramis

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I realised while listening to Chapter 26 of the Russian audiobook of "The Three Musketeers" that the chapter had almost certainly been abridged, because we don't get the entire scene where the two churchmen and Aramis have a long and Latin-laced argument as to the suitability of the proposed subject-matter of his dissertation, and where d'Artagnan fails to understand a word of the Latin :-P In fact, on glancing at my French copy to check that the missing scene *was* located in this chapter and not on d'Artagnan's subsequent return, I noticed that the scene in the previous chapter where Mousqueton tells the story of how his father brought his two sons up as a Huguenot and Catholic respectively during the Wars of Religion is also missing, as is the entire narrative of how the excellent breakfast (which *is* described) has been obtained despite Porthos' lack of funds.

So I would guess that the translation and/or audiobook version has been extensively shortened. Given that the reading lasts for over 20 hours as it is, this really isn't unreasonable... ;-)