In chapter 46, the three musketeers and D'Artagnan go to an inn in order to plan out their next move. Once they get there the place is packed with soldiers, very noisy soldiers. There was no way they could do any planning there, and they could be killed. Athos then makes a bet with four of the soldiers there, he wages that him and his friends can hold the Bastion Saint-Gervais by themselves for an hour, if they complete this task then the soldiers would have to buy "an unlimited dinner for eight."
Then in chapter 47, they manage to hold their council at the bastion and they fought off two waves of attacks. Their lives were endangered but they all managed to survive.
In my opinion Athos has some sort of greed for glory. His ability to use words to influence his friends help him a lot with this tendency of his. I believe that Athos, even though he told his friends it was the only way the could hold their council without the Cardinal's men finding out, wanted the glory of being known for his heroism of holding the bastion with three other friends only.
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I noticed that you mentioned that Athos made a bet with the soldiers that if they could hold back Bastion Saint-Gervais then they would have to buy an unlimited dinner for eight. There are only three musketeers and D’ Artagnan who are probably going to be getting the meal. Then who are the other four people that will share part of the reward? If the dinner was already unlimited then why does it need to be a dinner for eight when there only seems to be four that will be reaping the rewards?
I don’t know if it was me or the wording; I didn’t really understand the second paragraph. I understand that you think that Athos was greedy for glory but it is the next two sentences that I didn’t really get.
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