Chapters 55 - 60 Summary

In Chapter 55, Morduant is taking d'Artagnan and Porthos to Durham instead of London. Meanwhile, Athos and Aramis meet with Lord de Winter at a royalist camp near Newcastle. The two men tell de Winter and King Charles that Cromwell has bought Charles from the Scottish for two hundred thousand pounds. The two men beg him to escape to Scotland where he can rejoin Lord Montrose, whom they believe will not allow him to be sold. Charles finally agrees and the group is about to ride out when they see the enemy approaching them. The king asks his troops to fight against the enemy but they refuse.

In Chapter 56, Charles, Winter, Aramis and Athos make another escape plan but Mordaunt foils the plan when he recognizes de Winter and kills him. In a twist of fate, Porthos and d'Artagnan take Aramis and...