# musketeers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musketeers/582217>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 17, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musketeers/582217 "2011-05-17T17:01:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musketeers/582217/21 "2011-05-19T07:37:12Z")

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I thought he became a musketeer in the middle of the book, and then promoted to lieutenant at the very end?

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musketeers/582217/22 "2011-05-19T12:04:07Z")

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> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> Riding in a horse would be rather bloody.

As the Trojans discovered.

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